agróir

Irish

Alternative forms

• agarthóir, agraitheoir

Etymology

From agair (“plead, entreat; avenge, retribute; sue”) +‎ -óir (agent suffix).

Noun

agróir m (genitive singular agróra, nominative plural agróirí)

1. (law, etc.) suitor, pleader

   Synonym: gearánaí

2. avenger

   Synonym: díoltasaí

Declension

Declension of agróir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative agróir agróirí vocative a agróir a agróirí genitive agróra agróirí dative agróir agróirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-agróir na hagróirí genitive an agróra na n-agróirí dative leis an agróir don agróir leis na hagróirí

Mutation

Mutated forms of agróir

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
agróir	n-agróir	hagróir	t-agróir

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