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foirgneoir

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, foirgnigh (build, verb) +‎ -óir.

Noun

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foirgneoir m (genitive singular foirgneora, nominative plural foirgneoirí)

  1. builder
    Synonym: tógálaí

Declension

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Declension of foirgneoir (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative foirgneoir foirgneoirí
vocative a fhoirgneoir a fhoirgneoirí
genitive foirgneora foirgneoirí
dative foirgneoir foirgneoirí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an foirgneoir na foirgneoirí
genitive an fhoirgneora na bhfoirgneoirí
dative leis an bhfoirgneoir
don fhoirgneoir
leis na foirgneoirí
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Mutation

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Mutated forms of foirgneoir
radical lenition eclipsis
foirgneoir fhoirgneoir bhfoirgneoir

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

Further reading

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