aorthóir

Irish

Etymology

From aor (“satirize, lampoon”, transitive verb) +‎ -thóir (agent noun suffix).

Noun

aorthóir m (genitive singular aorthóra, nominative plural aorthóirí)

1. satirist, lampooner

Declension

Declension of aorthóir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aorthóir aorthóirí vocative a aorthóir a aorthóirí genitive aorthóra aorthóirí dative aorthóir aorthóirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-aorthóir na haorthóirí genitive an aorthóra na n-aorthóirí dative leis an aorthóir don aorthóir leis na haorthóirí

Mutation

Mutated forms of aorthóir

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aorthóir	n-aorthóir	haorthóir	t-aorthóir

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) “aorthóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “satirist”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024