loingseoir

Irish

Etymology

loingeas (“ships, shipping; fleet; naval expedition”) +‎ -óir

Noun

loingseoir m (genitive singular loingseora, nominative plural loingseoirí)

1. (nautical) seaman, navigator

Declension

Declension of loingseoir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative loingseoir loingseoirí vocative a loingseoir a loingseoirí genitive loingseora loingseoirí dative loingseoir loingseoirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an loingseoir na loingseoirí genitive an loingseora na loingseoirí dative leis an loingseoir don loingseoir leis na loingseoirí

Synonyms

• seoltóir

Derived terms

• cairt loingseora f (“navigator's chart, sea map”)
• loingseoireacht f (“seamanship, (skill in) navigation; (act of) seafaring, voyaging”)

Related terms

• loingseach m (“mariner, seaman; sea-rover, pirate; exile, wanderer”)
• loingseach (“abounding in ships”, adj)
• loingsigh (“banish, exile; go into exile”, verb)

Further reading

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