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Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman artaire, from Latin artēria (“windpipe, artery”), from Ancient Greek ἀρτηρία (artēría).
Pronunciation
Noun
artaire m (genitive singular artaire, nominative plural artairí)
- (anatomy) artery
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| artaire
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n-artaire
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hartaire
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t-artaire
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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) “artaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “artery”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “artaire”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin artēria (“windpipe, artery”), from Ancient Greek ἀρτηρία (artēría).
Noun
artaire oblique singular, f (oblique plural artaires, nominative singular artaire, nominative plural artaires)
- artery
Descendants