sirtheoir

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

• sirtheach
• (beggar): bacach

Derived terms

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sirtheoir	shirtheoir after an, tsirtheoir	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.