ùrlar
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish urlár (compare Irish urlár).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuːrˠl̪ˠəɾ/, [ˈuːɹl̪ˠəɾ]
Noun
ùrlar m (genitive singular ùrlair, plural ùrlaran)
- floor
- air an ùrlar ― on the floor
- (music) theme, motif
- (pìobaireachd) the ground, the first movement in a pìobaireachd composition, a highly ornamented theme
Synonyms
- (floor): làr
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ùrlar | n-ùrlar | h-ùrlar | t-ùrlar |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “ùrlar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “airlár”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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