fostóir

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From fostaigh +‎ -óir.

Noun

fostóir m (genitive singular fostóra, nominative plural fostóirí)

  1. employer

Declension

Declension of fostóir (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative fostóir fostóirí
vocative a fhostóir a fhostóirí
genitive fostóra fostóirí
dative fostóir fostóirí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fostóir na fostóirí
genitive an fhostóra na bhfostóirí
dative leis an bhfostóir
don fhostóir
leis na fostóirí

Mutation

Mutated forms of fostóir
radical lenition eclipsis
fostóir fhostóir bhfostóir

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

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