“uair” on Scots Gaelic-Bambara dictionary

nf 1. hour □ seachd uairean (a thide) seven hours [of time] □ a thide is here used to make it clear that uairean is being used with the meaning of ‘hours’ □ gach uair / san uair hourly, per hour, by the hour □ tha an duine pàighte san uair the man is paid hourly □ tha iad pàighte aig sia notaichean san uair they are paid at six pounds per hour □ bha iad pàighte san uair they were paid by the hour □ air an uair on time □ cha robh duine nach robh air an uair there was nobody who wasn’t on time □ a bheil na h-uairean fada? are the hours long? □ … a chum gum faigheadh e uair no dhà a chadal … so that he could get an hour or two of sleep □ … airson mu uair a thide gu leth … for about one and a half hours / an hour and a half 2. time (of the clock / o’clock) □ dè an uair a tha e? what time is it? (lit. what hour is it?) □ (tha e) uair (it is) one o’ clock □ (tha e) dà uair (it ’s) two o’clock □ (tha e) deich uairean (it’s) ten o’clock □ aig tri uairean (air an uaireadair) at three (o’clock) □ dè an uair aig am bi iad ag èirigh? at what time do they get up? □ seall an uair a tha e! look what time it is / look at the time! □ air trèana nan deich uairean on the ten o’clock train □ but note also: a’ feitheamh ri bus sia uairean waiting for the six o’clock bus □ cha robh an obair ullamh ro thri uairean an ath mhadainn the work wasn’t finished before three o’clock the next morning □ bho 7 gu 10 (seachd gu deich) uairean feasgar from 7 to 10 (o’clock) in the evening □ leth uair an dèidh a h-ochd half past eight □ uair fhigearail digital time □ aig na h-uairean as motha tha daoine a’ coimhead at peak viewing times □ also: uairean time (as a subdivision of school maths) 3. time (in a sequence e.g. first time etc.) □ a’ chiad uair bho dh’fhalbh e, agus gu mi-fhortanach an aon uair the first time since he left, and unfortunatly the only time 4. (occasionally) weather thàinig an droch uair orra they met bad weather