# uair
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish úar, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, period”), from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, season”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uəɾʲ/

### Noun

uair f (genitive singular uaire, nominative plural uaireanta or uaire)
* hour
* time (instance or occurrence)

#### Usage notes

* Uair has the irregular count plural uaire, which undergoes spontaneous h-prothesis with trí through sé:
** trí huaire ― three hours; three times
** cúig huaire ― five hours; five times
** seacht n-uaire ― seven hours; seven times

#### 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 :
* Alternative plural: uaireanna

#### Synonyms

* (hour): uair an chloig

#### Derived terms

* aimpéaruair
* anuair
* athuair
* cá huair
* cén uair
* fo-uair
* nuair
* uaireanta

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 úar, úair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 211, page 105

### Further reading

* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “uair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 770
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Middle Irish
### Noun

uair
* Alternative spelling of úair

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Old Irish
### Noun

uair
* Alternative spelling of úair

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish úar, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, period”), from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, season”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uəɾʲ/
* (Lewis) IPA: [ʉøð]
* (Barra) IPA: [uəʒ]

### Noun

uair f (genitive singular uarach, plural uairean)
* hour
* o'clock
* 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 dhàonce or twice
    uair a thìde no dhà(for) an hour or two

#### Synonyms

* (time): àm, tìde, tìm, ùine

#### Derived terms

* an uair sin (“then (at that time)”)
* corra uair (“occasionally”)
* ge be uair (“whenever”)
* nuair (“when”)
* uair is uair (“time and again”)
* uaireadair (“clock, watch”)
* uaireannan (“sometimes”)
* uaireigin (“sometime”)

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 úar, úair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap