uaireanta

Irish

Alternative forms

• uaireannta (dated)

Etymology

The adverbial sense probably continues the usage of the Old Irish dative plural úaraib of úar (“hour”) in the same meaning "sometimes".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuəɾʲən̪ˠt̪ˠə/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈuəɾʲən̪ˠt̪ˠiː/

Noun

uaireanta f pl

1. plural of uair

Adverb

uaireanta

1. sometimes

Synonyms

• amanna
• scaití

Mutation

Mutated forms of uaireanta

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uaireanta	n-uaireanta	huaireanta	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uaireanta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN