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oibrí

oibrí

Irish

Alternative forms

oibridhe (superseded)

Noun

oibrí m ‎(genitive singular oibrí, nominative plural oibrithe)

worker (person who performs labor)

Declension

Declension of oibrí

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oibrí	oibrithe
Vocative	a oibrí	a oibrithe
Genitive	oibrí	oibrithe
Dative	oibrí	oibrithe

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-oibrí	na hoibrithe
Genitive	an oibrí	na n-oibrithe
Dative	leis an oibrí don oibrí	leis na hoibrithe

Derived terms

oibrí miotail

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oibrí	n-oibrí	hoibrí	t-oibrí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Alternative forms

oibrighe (superseded)

Verb

oibrí

present subjunctive analytic of oibrigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oibrí	n-oibrí	hoibrí	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“oibrid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“oibriḋe” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1975, The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 377.
"oibrí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.