úirí

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish uirge (“testicle”), from Proto-Celtic *orgyā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órǵʰis. Cognates include Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis), Old Armenian որձիք (orjikʻ, “testicles”), Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌 (ərəzi), and Hittite (arkiš).

Noun

úirí f (genitive singular úirí, nominative plural úiríocha)

  1. (anatomy) testis, testicle

Declension

Declension of úirí (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative úirí úiríocha
vocative a úirí a úiríocha
genitive úirí úiríocha
dative úirí úiríocha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an úirí na húiríocha
genitive na húirí na n-úiríocha
dative leis an úirí
don úirí 		leis na húiríocha

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of úirí
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
úirí n-úirí húirí t-úirí

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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