cathróir

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cathair +‎ -óir; a re-formation of Old Irish cathrar (“citizen”).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

cathróir m (genitive singular cathróra, nominative plural cathróirí)

  1. citizen

Declension

Declension of cathróir (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cathróir cathróirí
vocative a chathróir a chathróirí
genitive cathróra cathróirí
dative cathróir cathróirí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cathróir na cathróirí
genitive an chathróra na gcathróirí
dative leis an gcathróir
don chathróir 		leis na cathróirí

Mutation

Mutated forms of cathróir
radical lenition eclipsis
cathróir chathróir gcathróir

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

References

  1. ^ “cathróir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cathrar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 102

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