sodar
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English
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Etymology
[edit]Short for sonic detection and ranging; compare radar, sonar.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) enPR: sō'där, IPA(key): /ˈsoʊdɑɹ/
Noun
[edit]sodar (countable and uncountable, plural sodars)
- (uncountable) A system resembling sonar but used in the air, for meteorological measurements, rather than in water.
- (countable) A type of system using such a method, differentiated by platform, configuration, frequency, power, and other technical attributes.
- (countable) An installation of such a system or of the transmitting and receiving apparatus.
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
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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
- 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