dingire

Irish

Etymology

From ding (“wedge; pack tightly, stuff; make compact; knit, knead”, verb) +‎ -aire (agent suffix).

Noun

dingire m (genitive singular dingire, nominative plural dingirí)

1. wedging implement; light hammer

Declension

Declension of dingire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative dingire dingirí vocative a dhingire a dhingirí genitive dingire dingirí dative dingire dingirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an dingire na dingirí genitive an dingire na ndingirí dative leis an dingire don dingire leis na dingirí

Derived terms

• dingireacht f (“wedge-driving; tapping”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dingire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dingire	dhingire	ndingire

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dingire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN