Contionary:huaır

Middle Annerish

Etymology

Via Goidelic úar, from Latin hōra.

Pronunciation

(Annerish) IPA: /huːə̯rʲ/ [huˑɘ̯ɹ]

Inflection of huaır

Ⅱ ꜰᴇᴍ.	sɢ.	ᴘʟ.	ᴄᴏʟ.
ɴᴏᴍ.	huaır(ɴ)	huaıreʟ	huaraʜ
ɢᴇɴ.'	huaraʜ	huaırɴ	huarʟ
ᴅᴀᴛ.	huaıreʟ	huaraıb	huaraıb
ᴠᴏᴄ.	huarʟ	huaırʟ	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

Irregular according to the Bésgnae Béırle;
Bernthaler groups this along with several other such nouns into a declension she descibes as "Überrestliche rhotische Deklination."

See also

• uaı