aoire

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish áegaire, from Old Irish augaire (“shepherd, herdsman”).

Alternative forms

• aodhaire, aoghaire (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈeːɾʲə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈiːɾʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈiːɣəɾʲə/, (older) /ˈɯːɣəɾʲə/ (corresponding to the form aoghaire)

Noun

aoire m (genitive singular aoire, nominative plural aoirí)

1. shepherd; herdsman
2. (politics) whip (party policy enforcer)

Declension

Declension of aoire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aoire aoirí vocative a aoire a aoirí genitive aoire aoirí dative aoire aoirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-aoire na haoirí genitive an aoire na n-aoirí dative leis an aoire don aoire leis na haoirí

Synonyms

• (shepherd): tréadaí
• (herdsman): feighlí bó, maor

Coordinate terms

• banaoire (“shepherdess”)

Derived terms

• aoirigh (“shepherd, herd”, transitive verb)

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈeːɾʲə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈiːɾʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈiːɾʲə/, (older) /ˈɯːɾʲə/

Noun

aoire f

1. genitive singular of aoir

Mutation

Mutated forms of aoire

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aoire	n-aoire	haoire	t-aoire

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

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

aoire f

1. genitive singular of aoir