aimsitheoir

Irish

Etymology

From aimsigh (“aim; find, locate”, verb) +‎ -óir (agent suffix).

Noun

aimsitheoir m (genitive singular aimsitheora, nominative plural aimsitheoirí)

1. marksman
2. finder, locator
3. (electricity, optics) finder

Declension

Declension of aimsitheoir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aimsitheoir aimsitheoirí vocative a aimsitheoir a aimsitheoirí genitive aimsitheora aimsitheoirí dative aimsitheoir aimsitheoirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-aimsitheoir na haimsitheoirí genitive an aimsitheora na n-aimsitheoirí dative leis an aimsitheoir don aimsitheoir leis na haimsitheoirí

Derived terms

• aimsitheoireacht f (“marksmanship”)
• aimsitheoir uisce (“water-diviner”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aimsitheoir

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aimsitheoir	n-aimsitheoir	haimsitheoir	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aimsitheoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN