aoire

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish áegaire, from Old Irish augaire (“shepherd, herdsman”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈeːɾʲə/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈiːɾʲə/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈiːɾʲə/, (older) /ˈɯːɣəɾʲə/[1]

Noun

aoire m (genitive singular aoire, nominative plural aoirí)

  1. shepherd; herdsman
  2. (parliament) whip
Declension
Declension of aoire

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aoire aoirí
Vocative a aoire a aoirí
Genitive aoire aoirí
Dative aoire aoirí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-aoire na haoirí
Genitive an aoire na n-aoirí
Dative leis an aoire

don aoire

 leis na haoirí
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
  • aoirigh (“shepherd, herd”, transitive verb)

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 28

Further reading

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈeːɾʲə/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈiːɾʲə/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈiːɾʲə/, (older) /ˈɯːɾʲə/

Noun

aoire f

  1. genitive singular of aoir

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

aoire f

  1. genitive singular of aoir
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