airí

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See also: airi, Airi, airī, and áirí

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Noun

airí m (genitive singular airí, nominative plural airíonna)

  1. symptom
  2. attribute, characteristic, property
Declension
Declension of airí (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative airí airíonna
vocative a airí a airíonna
genitive airí airíonna
dative airí airíonna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-airí na hairíonna
genitive an airí na n-airíonna
dative leis an airí
don airí
leis na hairíonna
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

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Noun

airí f (genitive singular airí)

  1. (in phrases) plenty (of)
Declension
Declension of airí (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative airí
vocative a airí
genitive airí
dative airí
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an airí
genitive na hairí
dative leis an airí
don airí

Etymology 3

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Noun

airí f (genitive singular airí)

  1. desert (that which is deserved or merited)
  2. deserving person
Declension
Declension of airí (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative airí
vocative a airí
genitive airí
dative airí
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an airí
genitive na hairí
dative leis an airí
don airí
Derived terms
  • anairí (undeserving, ungrateful, person)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

airí m pl

  1. plural of aire (government minister)

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

airí

  1. inflection of aireach:
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of airí
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
airí n-airí hairí t-airí

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

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 75, page 32