oiris

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Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

oiris f (genitive singular oirise)

  1. orris
Declension
Declension of oiris (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative oiris
vocative a oiris
genitive oirise
dative oiris
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an oiris
genitive na hoirise
dative leis an oiris
don oiris
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish airis, aires, oires (“(fore-)knowledge; tryst, assignation, arrangement to meet”).

Noun

oiris f (genitive singular oirise)

  1. (literary) arrangement to meet, appointment, tryst
Declension
Declension of oiris (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative oiris
vocative a oiris
genitive oirise
dative oiris
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an oiris
genitive na hoirise
dative leis an oiris
don oiris

Etymology 3

From Old Irish ar·sissedar (“stays, stands fast, rests, remains; halts, delays; endures, persists”), verbal noun airisem.

Verb

oiris (verbal noun oiriseamh)

  1. (intransitive, literary) stay, stop; wait, delay
Alternative forms

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

oiris m

  1. genitive singular of oireas (“record (of events); history”)

Verb

oiris

  1. second-person singular past indicative dependent of oir

Mutation

Mutated forms of oiris
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
oiris n-oiris hoiris not applicable

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

References

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