eitleoir

Irish

Etymology

From eitil (“fly”, verb) +‎ -óir (agent suffix).

Noun

eitleoir m (genitive singular eitleora, nominative plural eitleoirí)

1. (aviation) flyer

Declension

Declension of eitleoir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative eitleoir eitleoirí vocative a eitleoir a eitleoirí genitive eitleora eitleoirí dative eitleoir eitleoirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-eitleoir na heitleoirí genitive an eitleora na n-eitleoirí dative leis an eitleoir don eitleoir leis na heitleoirí

Derived terms

• baneitleoir m (“airwoman”)
• eitleoireacht f (“(act of) flying; airmanship”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of eitleoir

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eitleoir	n-eitleoir	heitleoir	t-eitleoir

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) “eitleoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN