uaireanta

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

The adverbial sense probably continues the usage of the Old Irish dative plural úaraib of úar (“hour”) in the same meaning "sometimes".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuəɾʲən̪ˠt̪ˠə/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈuəɾʲən̪ˠt̪ˠiː/

Noun

uaireanta f pl

  1. plural of uair

Adverb

uaireanta

  1. sometimes

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of uaireanta
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uaireanta n-uaireanta huaireanta not applicable

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

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