pótaire

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See also: potaire

Irish

Etymology

From póit (drinking-bout, hangover) +‎ -aire.

Noun

pótaire m (genitive singular pótaire, nominative plural pótairí)

  1. drunkard
    Synonyms: druncaeir, meisceoir

Declension

Declension of pótaire (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative pótaire pótairí
vocative a phótaire a phótairí
genitive pótaire pótairí
dative pótaire pótairí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an pótaire na pótairí
genitive an phótaire na bpótairí
dative leis an bpótaire
don phótaire
leis na pótairí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of pótaire
radical lenition eclipsis
pótaire phótaire bpótaire

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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