aerthóir

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

aerthóir m (genitive singular aerthóra, nominative plural aerthóirí)

1. simpleton

   Synonyms: amaid, baothán, duine le Dia, duine simplí, gaimse, gamal, leadhbán, leib, óinmhid, pleidhce, simpleoir, stualán

Etymology 2

From aer(aigh) (“aerate”, verb) +‎ -thóir.

Noun

aerthóir m (genitive singular aerthóra, nominative plural aerthóirí)

1. aerator

Alternative forms

• aeraitheoir

Declension

Declension of aerthóir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aerthóir aerthóirí vocative a aerthóir a aerthóirí genitive aerthóra aerthóirí dative aerthóir aerthóirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-aerthóir na haerthóirí genitive an aerthóra na n-aerthóirí dative leis an aerthóir don aerthóir leis na haerthóirí

Mutation

Mutated forms of aerthóir

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aerthóir	n-aerthóir	haerthóir	t-aerthóir

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