adhainteoir

Irish

Etymology

From adhain (“ignite”, verb) +‎ -tóir (agent noun suffix) or adhaint (“ignition”) +‎ -óir (agent noun suffix).

Noun

adhainteoir m (genitive singular adhainteora, nominative plural adhainteoirí)

1. igniter

Declension

Declension of adhainteoir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative adhainteoir adhainteoirí vocative a adhainteoir a adhainteoirí genitive adhainteora adhainteoirí dative adhainteoir adhainteoirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-adhainteoir na hadhainteoirí genitive an adhainteora na n-adhainteoirí dative leis an adhainteoir don adhainteoir leis na hadhainteoirí

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhainteoir

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhainteoir	n-adhainteoir	hadhainteoir	t-adhainteoir

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) “adhainteoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adhainteoir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm