oiread

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish airet, from ar- + fot (“length”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic urad.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɪɾʲəd̪ˠ/ ~ /ˈɛɾʲəd̪ˠ/[1]
  • (Connacht}) IPA(key): /ˈeɾʲəd̪ˠ/[2]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɞɾˠəd̪ˠ/[3] (corresponding to the form urad)

Noun

oiread m (genitive singular oiread)

  1. (literary) length (of time, space, distance)
  2. amount, quantity, number, size
    Tá a dhá oiread ionat. ― You are twice his size.
    Gheobhaimis a thrí oiread air. ― We would get three times as much for it.
    Tá a cheithre oiread agat liom. ― You have four times as much as I do.
    Tá a oiread go leith agam leat. ― I have one and a half times as much as you.
    Tá a oiread eile sa phota eile. ― There is as much again in the other pot.
    Is fiú bhur n-oiread féin óir sibh. ― You (pl.) are worth your weight in gold.
    Ní cóir dá oiread féin d’fhear a dhéanamh sin. ― A man of his size shouldn’t do that.
    Níl oiread m’ordóige inti. ― She isn't as big as my thumb.
    Tá tú righin do d’oiread. ― You’re tough for your size.

Usage notes

  • Unlike virtually all other masculine nouns, does not undergo t-prothesis with the definite article in the nominative singular; compare an oiread (“the amount”) with an t-oireacht (“the assembly”). Adjectives, however, do not lenite, as with normal masculine nouns: an oiread céanna (“the same amount”), an oiread beacht (“the exact amount”), etc.

Derived terms

  • a oiread (“as much, so much”)
  • ach oiread (“either”)
  • an oiread (seo) (“so much, so many”)
  • oiread na fríde (“the tiniest bit”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of oiread
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
oiread n-oiread hoiread not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 137, page 71
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 91
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 26

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