glantóir

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Irish

Etymology

From glan (“to clean”) +‎ -óir (“agent suffix”)

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡl̪ˠan̪ˠˈt̪ˠoːɾʲ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlˠan̪ˠt̪ˠoːɾʲ/, /ˈɡl̪ˠan̪ˠt̪ˠoːɾʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlˠan̪ˠt̪ˠɔɾʲ/, /ˈɡl̪ˠan̪ˠt̪ˠɔɾʲ/

Noun

glantóir m (genitive singular glantóra, nominative plural glantóirí)

cleaner (person; cleaning agent, detergent)

Declension

Declension of glantóir (third declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	glantóir	glantóirí
vocative	a ghlantóir	a ghlantóirí
genitive	glantóra	glantóirí
dative	glantóir	glantóirí

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an glantóir	na glantóirí
genitive	an ghlantóra	na nglantóirí
dative	leis an nglantóir don ghlantóir	leis na glantóirí

Derived terms

folúsghlantóir m (“vacuum cleaner”)
glantóir bróg m (“shoeblack”)
glantóir fuinneog m (“window cleaner”)
glantóir simléar m (“chimney sweep”)
glantóir sráideanna m (“street-cleaner”)
tirimghlantóir m (“dry cleaner”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *glantóir*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
glantóir	ghlantóir	nglantóir

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

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “glantóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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