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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish áer f (“cutting, incising; act of satirising, lampooning, defaming; (maledictory) satire, lampoon”).
Pronunciation
Noun
aoir f (genitive singular aoire, nominative plural aortha)
- lampoon, satire
Declension
- aor (“satirize, lampoon”, transitive verb)
- aorach (“satirical”, adjective)
- aorachas (“(act of) satirizing, fault-finding; lampoonery”)
- aorthóir (“satirist, lampooner”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| aoir
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n-aoir
|
haoir
|
not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “lampoon”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “satire”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish áer f (“cutting, incising; act of satirising, lampooning, defaming; (maledictory) satire, lampoon”).
Noun
aoir f (genitive singular aoire, plural aoirean)
- satire
References