fondúir

Irish

Alternative forms

• andúir
• anndúir
• fondaire

Etymology

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Noun

fondúir m (genitive singular fondúra, nominative plural fondúirí)

1. founder (of community, of institution)

Declension

Declension of fondúir

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fondúir fondúirí Vocative a fhondúir a fhondúirí Genitive fondúra fondúirí Dative fondúir fondúirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fondúir na fondúirí Genitive an fhondúra na bhfondúirí Dative leis an bhfondúir don fhondúir leis na fondúirí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fondúir	fhondúir	bhfondúir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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