artaire

Irish

Alternative forms

• airtéire, airtire

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman artaire, from Latin artēria (“windpipe, artery”), from Ancient Greek ἀρτηρία (artēría).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾˠt̪ˠəɾʲə/

Noun

artaire m (genitive singular artaire, nominative plural artairí)

1. (anatomy) artery

Declension

Declension of artaire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative artaire artairí vocative a artaire a artairí genitive artaire artairí dative artaire artairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-artaire na hartairí genitive an artaire na n-artairí dative leis an artaire don artaire leis na hartairí

Derived terms

• artaire caratach (“carotid artery”)
• artaire corónach (“coronary artery”)
• artaire eireabaill (“caudal artery”)
• artaire scamhógach (“pulmonary artery”)
• artaireach (“arterial”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of artaire

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
artaire	n-artaire	hartaire	t-artaire

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “airtire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “artaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “artery”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “artaire”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

Old French

Alternative forms

• artere, arteroe

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin artēria (“windpipe, artery”), from Ancient Greek ἀρτηρία (artēría).

Noun

artaire oblique singular, f (oblique plural artaires, nominative singular artaire, nominative plural artaires)

1. artery

Descendants

• → English: artery
• French: artère
• → Irish: artaire