iolar

See also: Iolar

Irish

Etymology 1

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

iolar

Noun

iolar m (genitive singular iolair, nominative plural iolair)

eagle

Declension

Declension of iolar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iolar	iolair
Vocative	a iolair	a iolara
Genitive	iolair	iolar
Dative	iolar	iolair

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-iolar	na hiolair
Genitive	an iolair	na n-iolar
Dative	leis an iolar don iolar	leis na hiolair

Derived terms

Terms derived from iolar

iolar dingearrach (“eaglehawk, wedge-tailed eagle”)
iolar dúbailte (“double eagle, albatross”)
iolar fíréan (“golden eagle”)

iolar hairpí (“harpy eagle”)
iolar maol (“American eagle, bald eagle”)

iolar mara (“white-tailed eagle, sea eagle, erne”)
iolar na Róimhe (“Roman eagle”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ilar (“a multitude, an abundance, a multiplicity; the plural number”).

Noun

iolar m (genitive singular iolair)

(literary) multitude, plurality, abundance; much, many
manifold requirements, accessories, furniture

Declension

Declension of iolar

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	iolar
Vocative	a iolair
Genitive	iolair
Dative	iolar

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an t-iolar
Genitive	an iolair
Dative	leis an iolar don iolar

Derived terms

iolar tí (“house furniture”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iolar	n-iolar	hiolar	t-iolar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"iolar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“1 ilar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“2 ilar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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