oiread
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish airet, from ar- + fot (“length”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic urad.
Pronunciation
Noun
oiread m (genitive singular oiread)
- (literary) length (of time, space, distance)
- amount, quantity, number, size
- Tá a dhá oiread ionat. ― You are twice his size.
- Gheobhaimis a thrí oiread air. ― We would get three times as much for it.
- Tá a cheithre oiread agat liom. ― You have four times as much as I do.
- Tá a oiread go leith agam leat. ― I have one and a half times as much as you.
- Tá a oiread eile sa phota eile. ― There is as much again in the other pot.
- Is fiú bhur n-oiread féin óir sibh. ― You (pl.) are worth your weight in gold.
- Ní cóir dá oiread féin d’fhear a dhéanamh sin. ― A man of his size shouldn’t do that.
- Níl oiread m’ordóige inti. ― She isn't as big as my thumb.
- Tá tú righin do d’oiread. ― You’re tough for your size.
Usage notes
- Unlike virtually all other masculine nouns, does not undergo t-prothesis with the definite article in the nominative singular; compare an oiread (“the amount”) with an t-oireacht (“the assembly”). Adjectives, however, do not lenite, as with normal masculine nouns: an oiread céanna (“the same amount”), an oiread beacht (“the exact amount”), etc.
Derived terms
- a oiread (“as much, so much”)
- ach oiread (“either”)
- an oiread, an oiread seo (“so much, so many”)
- oiread na fríde (“the tiniest bit”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| oiread | n-oiread | hoiread | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 26
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oiread”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “oiread” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 91
- Entries containing “oiread” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 71
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