Ianasóir

Irish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ottoman Turkish یڭیچری (yeniçeri) (Turkish yeniçeri), from یڭی (yeni, modern, new) + چری (çeri, army), through an intermediate form in a European language such as French janissaire, Italian giannizzero, ianizzero, Latin Ianizari, Ienizari, Portuguese janizaro, or Spanish genizaro. Compare Dutch janitsaar, German Janitschar.

Noun

Ianasóir m (genitive singular Ianasóra, nominative plural Ianasóirí)

  1. (historical) janissary

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
Ianasóir nIanasóir hIanasóir tIanasóir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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