íar
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. 875, 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. 875, 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
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”)
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
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 íar”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
- Rudolf Thurneysen (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
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