umar

See also: Umar, umăr, and ümar

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish ommar (“trough for holding water; large vessel in general; tub, vat”).

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʌmˠəɾˠ/

Noun

umar m (genitive singular umair, nominative plural umair)

  1. trough
  2. font
    umar uisce choisricthe ― (holy-water) font, stoup
  3. vat
    umar fíona ― wine vat
  4. tank
    umar camrais ― sewage tank
    umar stórála ― storage tank
  5. sink, sump
    umar ola ― oil sump

Declension
Declension of umar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative umar umair
Vocative a umair a umara
Genitive umair umar
Dative umar umair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-umar na humair
Genitive an umair na n-umar
Dative leis an umar

don umar

 leis na humair

Derived terms
  • gásumar (“pneumatic trough”)
  • inneall umair (“tank engine”)
  • maide in umar (“(washing) dolly; troublemaker”)
  • taiscumar (“holding tank”)
  • umar baiste (“baptismal font”)
  • umar breosla (“fuel tank”)
  • umar coinneála (“holding tank”)
  • umar dúigh (“inkstand”)
  • umar éisc (“fish tank”)
  • umar ocsaigine (“oxygen tank”)
  • umar peitril (“petrol tank”)
  • umaréasc (“trough fault”)

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

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “umar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “cistern”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • “sump”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • “tank”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • “trough”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “umar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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