sodar

English

Etymology

Short for sonic detection and ranging; compare radar, sonar.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: sō'där, IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊdɑɹ/

Noun

sodar (countable and uncountable, plural sodars)

1. (uncountable) A system resembling sonar but used in the air, for meteorological measurements, rather than in water.
2. (countable) A type of system using such a method, differentiated by platform, configuration, frequency, power, and other technical attributes.
3. (countable) An installation of such a system or of the transmitting and receiving apparatus.

Anagrams

• Rados, Sardo, Soard, dorsa, ordas, rados, roads, sarod

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɔd̪ˠəɾˠ/, /ˈsˠɞd̪ˠəɾˠ/

Noun

sodar m (genitive singular sodair)

1. (functioning as a verbal noun) (act of) trotting (walk rapidly; move at a gait between walk and canter)
2. a trot (gait of an animal between walk and canter; gait of a person faster than a walk)

Declension

Declension of sodar

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative sodar Vocative a shodair Genitive sodair Dative sodar

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an sodar Genitive an tsodair Dative leis an sodar don sodar

Derived terms

• 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

Irish mutation
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.

Further reading

• “sodar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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