biolar

Irish

Alternative forms

  • biolra, biorar

Etymology

From Middle Irish birar.

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɪləɾˠ/, /ˈbʲɪl̪ˠd̪ˠəɾˠ/[1]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɨ̞lˠəɾˠ/[2]

Noun

biolar m (genitive singular biolair)

  1. cress, watercress

Declension

Derived terms

  • biolar garraí (garden cress)
  • biolar gréagáin (cuckoo flower)
  • biolar Muire (brooklime)
  • biolar trá (scurvy grass)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
biolar bhiolar mbiolar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 44
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 37

Further reading

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