iolair

Irish

Noun

iolair m

  1. inflection of iolar (“eagle”):
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
iolair n-iolair hiolair not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms
  • fiolair
  • iobhlair

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈjul̪ˠɪɾʲ/

Noun

iolair f (genitive singular iolaire or iolarach or iolrach, plural iolairean)

  1. eagle

Derived terms
  • iolair-bhàn, iolair-chladaich, iolair-mhara, iolair-riabhach, iolair sùil na gréine (“sea eagle, white-tailed eagle”)
  • iolair-bhreac (“greater spotted eagle”)
  • iolair-bhuidhe, iolair-mhonaidh (“golden eagle”)
  • iolair-dhubh (“golden eagle; ring-tail eagle”)
  • iolair-Ghreugach, iolair-thimcheallach (“gier eagle”)
  • iolair-iasgaich, iolair-uisge (“osprey”)
  • iolair-mhaol (“bald eagle”)
  • iolair-shùil (“eagle-eye”)
  • iolair-shùileach (“eagle-eyed”, adjective)

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “iolair”, 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), “2 ilar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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