úinéir

Irish

Alternative forms

• úinéara (Cois Fharraige)
• únaeir

Etymology

Borrowed from English owner, assimilated to the suffix -éir.

Noun

úinéir m (genitive singular úinéara, nominative plural úinéirí)

1. owner, proprietor

Declension

Declension of úinéir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative úinéir úinéirí vocative a úinéir a úinéirí genitive úinéara úinéirí dative úinéir úinéirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-úinéir na húinéirí genitive an úinéara na n-úinéirí dative leis an úinéir don úinéir leis na húinéirí

Derived terms

• úinéir tairbhiúil (“beneficial owner”)
• úinéireacht (“ownership, proprietorship”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of úinéir

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
úinéir	n-úinéir	húinéir	t-úinéir

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “úinéir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “úinéir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “úinéir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025