údar

See also: udar

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish ugtar, from Old Irish áugtor, from Latin auctor.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈuːd̪ˠəɾˠ/

Noun

údar m (genitive singular údair, nominative plural údair)

  1. author, originator
  2. source, origin
    Synonym: cúis
  3. story behind a song
  4. author, writer
  5. authority, expert
  6. authority, reliable evidence
  7. cause, reason
    fáth
  8. grounds
  9. makings (necessary ingredients)

Declension
Declension of údar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative údar údair
Vocative a údair a údara
Genitive údair údar
Dative údar údair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-údar na húdair
Genitive an údair na n-údar
Dative leis an údar

don údar

 leis na húdair

Derived terms
  • banúdar (“authoress, female author”)
  • bunúdar (“original author; prime mover; primary authority; root cause”)

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

Further reading
  • "údar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “augtar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “uġdar” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • Entries containing “údar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “údar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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