iolair
Irish
Noun
iolair m
- inflection of iolar (“eagle”):
- vocative/genitive singular
- nominative/dative plural
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with 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”).
Noun
iolair f (genitive singular iolaire or iolarach or iolrach, plural iolairean)
- 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-shùileach (“eagle-eyed”, adjective)
- iolair-shùil (“eagle-eye”)
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