sodar
English edit
Etymology edit
Short for sonic detection and ranging; compare radar, sonar.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) enPR: sō'där, IPA(key): /ˈsoʊdɑɹ/
Noun edit
sodar (uncountable)
- A system resembling sonar but used in the air, for meteorological measurements, rather than in water.
Anagrams edit
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sodar m (genitive singular sodair)
- (functioning as a verbal noun) (act of) trotting (walk rapidly; move at a gait between walk and canter)
- a trot (gait of an animal between walk and canter; gait of a person faster than a walk)
Declension edit
Declension of sodar
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- ar sodar (“at a trot, on the double”)
- bogshodar
- de shodar (“at a trot, in a hurry”)
- geamhshodar
- gearrshodar
- sodaire
- sodar i ndiaidh (“toadying to, sucking up to”)
- sodarnaíl
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
sodar | shodar after an, tsodar |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 177, page 90
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 180, page 91
Further reading edit
- “sodar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sotar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sodar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 668
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sodar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN