uair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úar, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, period”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /uəɾʲ/

Noun

uair f (genitive singular uaire, nominative plural uaireanta or uaire)

  1. hour
  2. time (instance or occurrence)

Usage notes
  • Uair has the irregular count plural uaire:
    • trí huaire ― three hours; three times
    • cúig uaire ― five hours; five times
    • seacht n-uaire ― seven hours; seven times

Declension
Declension of uair

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative uair uaireanta
Vocative a uair a uaireanta
Genitive uaire uaireanta
Dative uair uaireanta

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an uair na huaireanta
Genitive na huaire na n-uaireanta
Dative leis an uair

don uair

 leis na huaireanta

Synonyms

Derived terms

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish úar, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, period”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”).

Noun

uair f (genitive singular uarach, plural uairean)

  1. hour
  2. o'clock
  3. time (instance or occurrence)
    B’ e a’ chiad uair a chunnaic mi iad.
    That was the first time I saw them.
    Choisinn e ceithir uair ann.
    He walked there four times.
    Seo an uair mu dheireadh a tha mi gad chuideachadh!
    This is the last time I’m helping you!
    uair no dhà
    once or twice
    uair a thìde no dhà
    (for) an hour or two

Synonyms

Derived terms

References
  • “2 úar, úair” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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