-adóir

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish -atóir, borrowed from Latin -ātor.

Suffix

-adóir m

  1. Suffix appended to words to create an agent noun, indicating a person who does (or a thing that does) something.
    bréag (lie) + ‎-adóir → ‎bréagadóir (liar)
    dath (color) + ‎-adóir → ‎dathadóir (colorist, dyer, painter)
    gúna (gown, dress) + ‎-adóir → ‎gúnadóir (dressmaker)

Usage notes

  • All nouns in -adóir are masculine nouns of the third declension:
Declension of -adóir (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative -adóir -adóirí
vocative a -adóir a -adóirí
genitive -adóra -adóirí
dative -adóir -adóirí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an -adóir na -adóirí
genitive an -adóra na -adóirí
dative leis an -adóir
don -adóir
leis na -adóirí

Derived terms