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urra

-idhean, sf Person. 2 Infant. 3** Urchin. 4 Surety. 5** Power, strength. 6** Good author. 7** Authority. 8** Defendant at law. 9** Chieftain. 10 Body. 11 see urradh. [†† gives pl also -achan] Urra a chuireas leam, a person who will aid me. [It has various meanings in W Isles. An e seo an urra bheag? is this the little one? phòs e nighean urra mhóir, he married the daughter of a nobleman; feumaidh tu an urra a dh'innis sin dhut a thoirt dhòmhsa, you must give me the authority who told you that; 's e a bha an urra an crodh a chumail ás an arbhar, he was the one responsible for keeping the cattle out of the corn. In these last two examples it must be connected with “urras” or “urrainn.”

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