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

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cathróir chathróir gcathróir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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