oiread

== Irish == === Alternative forms === urad (Ulster) oiréad, oired, uiread, uiriod (obsolete) === Etymology === From Old Irish airet, from ar- + fot (“length”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic urad. === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɪɾʲəd̪ˠ/ ~ /ˈɛɾʲəd̪ˠ/ (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈeɾʲəd̪ˠ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɞɾˠəd̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form urad) === Noun === oiread m (genitive singular oiread) (literary) length (of time, space, distance) amount, quantity, number, size Tá a dhá oiread ionat. ― You are twice his size. Gheobhaimis a thrí oiread air. ― We would get three times as much for it. Tá a cheithre oiread agat liom. ― You have four times as much as I do. Tá a oiread go leith agam leat. ― I have one and a half times as much as you. Tá a oiread eile sa phota eile. ― There is as much again in the other pot. Is fiú bhur n-oiread féin óir sibh. ― You (pl.) are worth your weight in gold. Ní cóir dá oiread féin d’fhear a dhéanamh sin. ― A man of his size shouldn’t do that. Níl oiread m’ordóige inti. ― She isn't as big as my thumb. Tá tú righin do d’oiread. ― You’re tough for your size. ==== Usage notes ==== Unlike virtually all other masculine nouns, does not undergo t-prothesis with the definite article in the nominative singular; compare an oiread (“the amount”) with an t-oireacht (“the assembly”). Adjectives, however, do not lenite, as with normal masculine nouns: an oiread céanna (“the same amount”), an oiread beacht (“the exact amount”), etc. ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “oiread”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 815; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “oiread”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “oiread”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “oiread”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026