biolar

Irish

Alternative forms

  • biolra, biorar[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish birar with dissimilation of medial r.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

biolar m (genitive singular biolair)

  1. cress, watercress

Declension

Declension of biolar (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative biolar
vocative a bhiolair
genitive biolair
dative biolar
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an biolar
genitive an bhiolair
dative leis an mbiolar
don bhiolar

Derived terms

  • biolar garraí (“garden cress”)
  • biolar grá (“water speedwell”)
  • biolar gréagáin (“cuckoo flower”)
  • biolar Muire (“brooklime”)
  • biolar trá (“scurvy grass”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of biolar
radical lenition eclipsis
biolar bhiolar mbiolar

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

References

  1. ^ “biolar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “birar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 112, page 33; reprinted 1988
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 44
  5. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 36, page 11
  6. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 97, page 38

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