adhar

Irish

Noun

adhar m (genitive singular adhair)

1. alternative form of oighear (“sore, irritation”)

Declension

Declension of adhar (first declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative adhar vocative a adhair genitive adhair dative adhar forms with the definite article singular nominative an t-adhar genitive an adhair dative leis an adhar don adhar

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhar

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhar	n-adhar	hadhar	t-adhar

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “adhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• èadhar

Etymology

From Old Irish aer, from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr).

Pronunciation

• (Skye, Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈa.aɾ/
• (Gigha) IPA^(key): /ɑːɾ/

Noun

adhar m (genitive singular adhair)

1. air
2. sky, heaven

Derived terms

• leòsan-adhair (“skylight”)
• mar chloich às an adhar (“out of the blue”)
• port-adhair (“airport”)
• uisge-adhair (“rainwater”)

Mutation

Mutation of adhar

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhar	n-adhar	h-adhar	t-adhar

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “adhar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN