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# (''more loosely''; ''somewhat poetic'') A moment in time of any length.
# (''more loosely''; ''somewhat poetic'') A moment in time of any length.
====Usage notes====
====Usage notes====
Irregular according to the ''Bésgnae Béırle''; <br>
According to the ''Bésgnae Béırle'' this noun belongs to the second declension despite its irregularities; <br>Bernthaler groups this along with several other such nouns into a declension she descibes as  "''[[:Category:Annerish_R_declension_nouns|Überrestliche rhotische Deklination]]''."
Bernthaler groups this along with several other such nouns into a declension she descibes as  "''[[:Category:Annerish_R_declension_nouns|Überrestliche rhotische Deklination]]''."
====See also====
====See also====
* {{cd|bfae}}
* {{cd|bfae}}


[[Category:Contionary|huair]] [[Category:Annerish lemmata|huair]] [[Category:Annerish nouns|huair]] [[Category:Annerish R declension nouns|duittr]]
[[Category:Contionary|huair]] [[Category:Annerish lemmata|huair]] [[Category:Annerish nouns|huair]] [[Category:Annerish R declension nouns|duittr]]

Revision as of 09:17, 30 March 2023

Middle Annerish

Etymology

Via Goidelic úar, from Latin hōra.

Pronunciation

(Annerish) IPA: /huːə̯rʲ/ [huˑɘ̯ɹ]

Inflection of huaır
 Ⅱ ꜰᴇᴍ.  ɴᴏᴍ. ɢᴇɴ. ᴀᴛ. ᴏᴄ.
sɢ.  huaır(ɴ)  huaraʜ  huaıreʟ  huarʟ
ᴘʟ.  huaıreʟ  huaırɴ  —   huaırʟ
ᴄᴏʟ.  huaraʜ  huarʟ  huaraʟ

Noun

huaır (runic:ᚺᚢᚭᛧ)

  1. A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty-fourth of a day.
  2. (dated) A period of time equal to one-sixth of a solar day (i.e. roughly four hours); a canonical hour.
    synonym: eytta
  3. (more loosely; somewhat poetic) A moment in time of any length.

Usage notes

According to the Bésgnae Béırle this noun belongs to the second declension despite its irregularities;
Bernthaler groups this along with several other such nouns into a declension she descibes as "Überrestliche rhotische Deklination."

See also