Úr

18th letter of the Ogham alphabet

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Ogham letters
᚛ᚑᚌᚐᚋᚁᚂᚃᚓᚇᚐᚅ᚜

Aicme Beithe
᚛ᚐᚔᚉᚋᚓᚁᚂᚃᚄᚅ᚜ Aicme Muine
᚛ᚐᚔᚉᚋᚓᚋᚌᚎᚏ᚜

ᚁ [b] Beith ᚋ [m] Muin

ᚂ [l] Luis ᚌ [ɡ] Gort

ᚃ [w] Fearn ᚍ [ɡw] nGéadal

ᚄ [s] Sail ᚎ [st], [ts], [sw] Straif

ᚅ [n] Nion ᚏ [r] Ruis

Aicme hÚatha
᚛ᚐᚔᚉᚋᚓᚆᚇᚈᚉᚊ᚜ Aicme Ailme
᚛ᚐᚔᚉᚋᚓᚐᚑᚒᚓᚔ᚜

ᚆ [j] Uath ᚐ [a] Ailm

ᚇ [d] Dair ᚑ [o] Onn

ᚈ [t] Tinne ᚒ [u] Úr

ᚉ [k] Coll ᚓ [e] Eadhadh

ᚊ [kw] Ceirt ᚔ [i] Iodhadh

Forfeda
᚛ᚃᚑᚏᚃᚓᚇᚐ᚜

ᚕ [ea], [k], [x], [eo] Éabhadh

ᚖ [oi] Ór

ᚗ [ui] Uilleann

ᚘ [ia] Ifín

ᚙ [x], [ai] Eamhancholl

ᚚ [p] Peith

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Úr is the Irish name of the eighteenth letter of the Ogham alphabet, ᚒ, meaning "clay", "earth", "soil" and also "fresh" or "moist". In Old Irish, the letter name was also written Úir. Its phonetic value is [u] or [u:].^[1]

Bríatharogam

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In the medieval kennings, called Bríatharogaim or Word Ogham the verses associated with úr are:

úaraib adbaib - "in cold dwellings" in the Bríatharogam Morann mic Moín

sílad cland - "propagation of plants" in the Bríatharogam Mac ind Óc

forbbaid ambí - "shroud of a lifeless one" in the Bríatharogam Con Culainn.^[2]

References

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^ McManus, Damian. (1991). A guide to Ogam. Maynooth: An Sagart. ISBN 1-870684-17-6. OCLC 24181838.
^ McManus, Damian (1988). "Irish Letter-Names and Their Kennings". Ériu. 39: 127–168. JSTOR 30024135.

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