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údar

údar

See also: udar

Irish

Alternative forms

ughdar (superseded)

Noun

údar m ‎(genitive singular údair, nominative plural údair)

author, originator; source, origin; story behind a song
author, writer
authority, expert
authority, reliable evidence
cause, reason; grounds
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)

Synonyms

(cause, reason): fáth
(cause, reason, source): cúis

Derived terms

banúdar ‎(“authoress, female author”)
bunúdar

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.

References

“augtar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“uġdar” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"údar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.