biolar

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

Declension of biolar

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative biolar Vocative a bhiolair Genitive biolair Dative biolar

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an biolar Genitive an bhiolair Dative leis an mbiolar don bhiolar

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.

Further reading

• “biolar” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “birar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “biolar” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 67.
• "biolar" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

References

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