ailleadóir

Irish

Etymology

From aill (“cliff, precipice”) +‎ -adóir (agent suffix).

Noun

ailleadóir m (genitive singular ailleadóra, nominative plural ailleadóirí)

1. rock-climber, cragsman

Declension

Declension of ailleadóir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ailleadóir ailleadóirí vocative a ailleadóir a ailleadóirí genitive ailleadóra ailleadóirí dative ailleadóir ailleadóirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ailleadóir na hailleadóirí genitive an ailleadóra na n-ailleadóirí dative leis an ailleadóir don ailleadóir leis na hailleadóirí

Derived terms

• ailleadóireacht f (“(act of) rock-climbing”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ailleadóir

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ailleadóir	n-ailleadóir	hailleadóir	t-ailleadóir

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