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Irish
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish áegaire, from Old Irish augaire (“shepherd, herdsman”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
aoire m (genitive singular aoire, nominative plural aoirí)
- shepherd; herdsman
- (politics) whip (party policy enforcer)
Declension
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- aoirigh (“shepherd, herd”, transitive verb)
Further reading
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Noun
aoire f
- genitive singular of aoir
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| aoire
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n-aoire
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haoire
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t-aoire
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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
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oegaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 64, page 28
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
aoire f
- genitive singular of aoir