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aoire
aoire
Irish
Alternative forms
- aoghaire (superseded)
Noun
aoire m (genitive singular aoire, nominative plural aoirí)
Declension
Declension of aoire
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
- (shepherd): tréadaí
- (herdsman): feighlí bó, maor
Coordinate terms
- banaoire (“shepherdess”)
Etymology 2
Noun
aoire f
- genitive singular of aoir
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aoire | n-aoire | haoire | t-aoire |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aoire" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “oegaire” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.