bó-aire

Irish

Alternative forms

• bóaire

Etymology

bó (“cow”) +‎ aire (“nobleman”); however, the fourth-declension inflection pattern suggests it has been reinterpreted as containing the agentive suffix -aire

Noun

bó-aire m (genitive singular bó-aire or bó-aireach, nominative plural bó-airí or bó-aireacha)

1. (historical) cattleman, cowman

Declension

As a fourth-declension noun:

Declension of bó-aire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bó-aire bó-airí vocative a bhó-aire a bhó-airí genitive bó-aire bó-airí dative bó-aire bó-airí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bó-aire na bó-airí genitive an bhó-aire na mbó-airí dative leis an mbó-aire don bhó-aire leis na bó-airí

As a fifth-declension noun:

Declension of bó-aire (fifth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bó-aire bó-aireacha vocative a bhó-aire a bhó-aireacha genitive bó-aireach bó-aireacha dative bó-aire bó-airigh (archaic, dialectal) bó-aireacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bó-aire na bó-aireacha genitive an bhó-aireach na mbó-aireacha dative leis an mbó-aire leis an mbó-airigh (archaic, dialectal) don bhó-aire don bhó-airigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na bó-aireacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of bó-aire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bó-aire	bhó-aire	mbó-aire

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bóaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bó-aire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN