iâr

See also: iar, iAr, and iar-

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WelshEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• giâr

EtymologyEdit

From Old Welsh iar, from Proto-Celtic *yaros (compare Cornish/Breton yar (“hen”), Middle Irish eirín, Irish eireog (“chicken”)).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /jaːr/

NounEdit

iâr f (plural ieir)

1. hen

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
iâr	unchanged	unchanged	hiâr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ReferencesEdit

• “iâr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014