biolar

Irish

Alternative forms

  • biolra, biorar

Etymology

From Middle Irish birar.

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɪləɾˠ/, /ˈbʲɪl̪ˠd̪ˠəɾˠ/[1]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɨ̞lˠəɾˠ/[2]

Noun

biolar m (genitive singular biolair)

  1. cress, watercress

Declension

Derived terms

  • biolar garraí (garden cress)
  • biolar gréagáin (cuckoo flower)
  • biolar Muire (brooklime)
  • biolar trá (scurvy grass)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
biolar bhiolar mbiolar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

References

  1. Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 44.
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 37
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