argónaí

Irish

Etymology

From argóin (“argue”, verb) +‎ -aí (suffix used to form agent nouns).

Noun

argónaí m (genitive singular argónaí, nominative plural argónaithe)

1. arguer (one who argues)

Declension

Declension of argónaí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative argónaí argónaithe vocative a argónaí a argónaithe genitive argónaí argónaithe dative argónaí argónaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-argónaí na hargónaithe genitive an argónaí na n-argónaithe dative leis an argónaí don argónaí leis na hargónaithe

Mutation

Mutated forms of argónaí

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
argónaí	n-argónaí	hargónaí	t-argónaí

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) “argónaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “argónaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm