údar

See also: udar

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish ugdar, from Old Irish auctor, from Latin auctor.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuːd̪ˠəɾˠ/[3][4]

Noun

údar m (genitive singular údair, nominative plural údair)

  1. author, originator
  2. author, writer
  3. expert
  4. cause, reason, grounds

Declension

Declension of údar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative údar údair
vocative a údair a údara
genitive údair údar
dative údar údair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-údar na húdair
genitive an údair na n-údar
dative leis an údar
don údar 		leis na húdair

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • banúdar (“authoress, female author”)
  • bunúdar (“original author; prime mover; primary authority; root cause”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of údar
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
údar n-údar húdar t-údar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “údar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “augtar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], page 393
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 397, page 132

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