táilliúir

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish táilliúr (compare Scottish Gaelic tàillear, Manx thalhear), from Anglo-Norman taillour (compare English tailor), from taillier (to cut; to shape), from Late Latin taliō.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

táilliúir m (genitive singular táilliúra, nominative plural táilliúirí)

  1. tailor (person who makes, repairs, and alters clothes)
    Coordinate term: bantáilliúir
  2. tailor, bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)

Declension

Declension of táilliúir (third declension)
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an táilliúir na táilliúirí
genitive an táilliúra na dtáilliúirí
dative leis an táilliúir
don táilliúir
leis na táilliúirí

Derived terms

Noun

táilliúir

  1. inflection of táilliúr:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of táilliúir
radical lenition eclipsis
táilliúir tháilliúir dtáilliúir

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “táilliúr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 78
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 20

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