údar

See also: udar

Irish

Alternative forms

• ughdar, úghdar (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish ugtar, from Old Irish áugtor, from Latin auctor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːd̪ˠəɾˠ/

Noun

údar m (genitive singular údair, nominative plural údair)

1. author, originator
2. author, writer
3. expert
4. cause, reason, grounds

Declension

Declension of údar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative údar údair vocative a údair a údara genitive údair údar dative údar údair forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-údar na húdair genitive an údair na n-údar dative leis an údar don údar leis na húdair

• Alternative plural: údaracha (Cois Fharraige)

Synonyms

• (cause, reason): fáth

Derived terms

• banúdar (“authoress, female author”)
• bunúdar (“original author; prime mover; primary authority; root cause”)

Related terms

• údarás

Mutation

Mutated forms of údar

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
údar	n-údar	húdar	t-údar

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) “údar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “uġdar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 774
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “údar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “údar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024