iolar

See also: Iolar

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɔl̪ˠəɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɪlˠəɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʌlˠəɾˠ/

Etymology 1

iolar

From Middle Irish ilar (compare Scottish Gaelic iolair), from Old Irish irar, from Proto-Celtic *eriros (“eagle”) (compare Welsh eryr, Breton erer), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō (“large bird”).

Alternative forms

• fiolar (Munster)

Noun

iolar m (genitive singular iolair, nominative plural iolair)

1. eagle

Declension

Declension of iolar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative iolar iolair vocative a iolair a iolara genitive iolair iolar dative iolar iolair forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-iolar na hiolair genitive an iolair na n-iolar dative leis an iolar don iolar leis na hiolair

Derived terms

• iolar dingearrach (“eaglehawk, wedge-tailed eagle”)
• iolar dúbailte (“double eagle, albatross”)
• iolar fíréan (“golden eagle”)
• iolar hairpí (“harpy eagle”)
• iolar maol (“American eagle, bald eagle”)
• iolar mara (“white-tailed eagle, sea eagle, erne”)
• iolar na Róimhe (“Roman eagle”)

 

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ilar (“a multitude, an abundance, a multiplicity; the plural number”).

Noun

iolar m (genitive singular iolair)

1. (literary) multitude, plurality, abundance; much, many
2. manifold requirements, accessories, furniture

Declension

Declension of iolar (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative iolar vocative a iolair genitive iolair dative iolar forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-iolar genitive an iolair dative leis an iolar don iolar

Derived terms

• iolar tí (“house furniture”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of iolar

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iolar	n-iolar	hiolar	t-iolar

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) “iolar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ilar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ilar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language