íar
See also: iar, iAr, IAR, iar-, iâr, and í ár
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *eɸirom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi-rom.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iːa̯r/
Preposition
íar (with dative; triggers eclipsis)
- after
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 129c8
- in tan ṁberes claind, is fáilid íar sin
- when she bears children, she is joyous after that
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 129c8
- according to
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 25c5
- Foillsigthir as n‑ísel in doínacht íar n‑aicniud húare as in deacht foda·raithmine⟨dar⟩ ⁊ noda·fortachtaigedar.
- It is shown that the humanity is lowly according to nature because it is the Godhead that remembers it and helps it
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 25c5
Inflection
Inflection of íar
| Person | Normal | Emphatic |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | ||
| 2d person sing. | íarmut | |
| 3d sing. masc./neut., dative | íarum | |
| 3d sing. masc./neut., accusative | ||
| 3d sing. fem., dative | ||
| 3d sing. fem., accusative | ||
| 1st person pl. | ||
| 2d person pl. | ||
| 3d person pl., dative | *íarmaib | |
| 3d person pl., accusative |
Combined with a definite article:
- íarsin(d) (“after the sg”)
- íar(s)naib (“after the pl”)
Combined with a possessive determiner:
- íarna (“after his/her/its/their”)
- íarnar (“after our”)
Combined with the relative pronoun:
- íarsa (“after which”)
Related terms
- íarm-
Descendants
- Irish: ar (partly)
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 113
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 íar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003), D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 840, pages 515–16