Irish

Noun

oiris f ‎(genitive singular oirise)

1. orris

Declension

Derived terms

• fréamh oirise ‎(“orris-root”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish airis, aires, oires ‎(“(fore-)knowledge; tryst, assignation, arrangement to meet”).

Noun

oiris f ‎(genitive singular oirise)

1. (literary) arrangement to meet, appointment, tryst

Declension

Etymology 3

From Old Irish ar·sissedar ‎(“stays, stands fast, rests, remains; halts, delays; endures, persists”), verbal noun airisem.

Verb

oiris ‎(verbal noun oiriseamh)

1. (intransitive, literary) stay, stop; wait, delay

Alternative forms

• airis

Etymology 4

Non-lemma forms.

Noun

oiris m

1. genitive singular of oireas ‎(“record (of events); history”)

Verb

oiris

1. second-person singular past indicative dependent of oir

Mutation

References

• "oiris" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “airis” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “ar-sissedar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.