ùrlar

See also: urlar and urlár

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish urlár (compare Irish urlár).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːrˠl̪ˠəɾ/, [ˈuːɹl̪ˠəɾ]
• (Uist, Barra) IPA^(key): /ˈũːl̪ˠaɾ/ (as if spelled unnlar)

Noun

ùrlar m (genitive singular ùrlair, plural ùrlaran)

1. floor

   air an ùrlar ― on the floor

2. (music) theme, motif
   1. (pìobaireachd) the ground, the first movement in a pìobaireachd composition, a highly ornamented theme

Synonyms

• (floor): làr

Derived terms

• àrd-ùrlar (“stage, rostrum, platform, dais”)
• ùrlaraich (“pave, floor”, verb)

Mutation

Mutation of ùrlar

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

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) “ùrlar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN