airí

See also: airi, Airi, airī, and áirí

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈæɾʲiː/

Etymology 1

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Noun

airí m (genitive singular airí, nominative plural airíonna)

1. symptom
2. attribute, characteristic, property

Declension

Declension of airí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative airí airíonna vocative a airí a airíonna genitive airí airíonna dative airí airíonna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-airí na hairíonna genitive an airí na n-airíonna dative leis an airí don airí leis na hairíonna

Alternative forms

• airdhe f
• araí f

Etymology 2

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Noun

airí f (genitive singular airí)

1. (in phrases) plenty (of)

Declension

Declension of airí (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative airí vocative a airí genitive airí dative airí forms with the definite article case singular nominative an airí genitive na hairí dative leis an airí don airí

Etymology 3

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Noun

airí f (genitive singular airí)

1. desert (that which is deserved or merited)
2. deserving person

Declension

Declension of airí (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative airí vocative a airí genitive airí dative airí forms with the definite article case singular nominative an airí genitive na hairí dative leis an airí don airí

Derived terms

• anairí (“undeserving, ungrateful, person”)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

airí m pl

1. plural of aire (“government minister”)

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

airí

1. inflection of aireach:
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of airí

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
airí	n-airí	hairí	t-airí

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) “airí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “airí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “airí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024