údar

See also: udar

Irish

Alternative forms

• ughdar (superseded)

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

• Alternative plural: údaracha (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• údarás

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “údar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “augtar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “uġdar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 774
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “údar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “údar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024