cainteoir

See also: cáinteoir

Irish

Etymology

From caint +‎ -óir.

Pronunciation

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈkan̠ʲtʲoːɾʲ/

Noun

cainteoir m (genitive singular cainteora, nominative plural cainteoirí)

1. speaker (one who speaks)

Declension

Declension of cainteoir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cainteoir cainteoirí vocative a chainteoir a chainteoirí genitive cainteora cainteoirí dative cainteoir cainteoirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cainteoir na cainteoirí genitive an chainteora na gcainteoirí dative leis an gcainteoir don chainteoir leis na cainteoirí

Derived terms

• cainteoir aonaigh (“stump orator”)
• cainteoir dúchais (“native speaker”)
• cainteoir líofa (“fluent speaker”)
• cainteoir spreagúil (“motivational speaker”)

 

Related terms

• cainteach

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of cainteoir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cainteoir	chainteoir	gcainteoir

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) “cainteoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cainteoir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cainteoir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024