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artaire

artaire

Irish

Alternative forms

Noun

artaire m (genitive singular artaire, nominative plural artairí)

  1. (anatomy) artery

Declension

Derived terms

  • artaire eireabaill m (caudal artery)
  • artaireach (arterial, adjective)

Mutation

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

References

  • "artaire" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • airtire” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin artēria (windpipe, artery), from Ancient Greek ἀρτηρία (artēría).

Noun

artaire f (oblique plural artaires, nominative singular artaire, nominative plural artaires)

  1. artery

Descendants