diagaire

Irish

Alternative forms

• diadhaire (superseded)

Etymology

From diaga +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiəɡiɾʲə/

Noun

diagaire m (genitive singular diagaire, nominative plural diagairí)

1. theologian, divine

Declension

Declension of diagaire (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative diagaire diagairí vocative a dhiagaire a dhiagairí genitive diagaire diagairí dative diagaire diagairí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an diagaire na diagairí genitive an diagaire na ndiagairí dative leis an diagaire don diagaire leis na diagairí

Mutation

Mutated forms of diagaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
diagaire	dhiagaire	ndiagaire

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), “díadaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “diaḋaire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 238
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “diagaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN