sirtheoir

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Irish

Etymology

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Noun

sirtheoir m (genitive singular sirtheora, nominative plural sirtheoirí)

  1. seeker; petitioner; beggar
  2. prowler, forager
  3. (mining) prospector

Declension

Declension of sirtheoir (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative sirtheoir sirtheoirí
vocative a shirtheoir a shirtheoirí
genitive sirtheora sirtheoirí
dative sirtheoir sirtheoirí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an sirtheoir na sirtheoirí
genitive an tsirtheora na sirtheoirí
dative leis an sirtheoir
don sirtheoir
leis na sirtheoirí

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • sirtheoireacht ((act of) seeking, imploring, begging; (act of) prowling, foraging; prospecting)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sirtheoir
radical lenition eclipsis
sirtheoir shirtheoir
after an, tsirtheoir
not applicable

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