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moltóir

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Irish

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Etymology

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From mol +‎ -tóir.

Noun

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moltóir m (genitive singular moltóra, nominative plural moltóirí)

  1. adjudicator, judge (of a contest, etc.)
    Bhain mé an-sult a bheith mar mholtóir don chomórtas.
    I greatly enjoyed being a judge for the competition.
  2. (sports) referee, umpire
    Synonym: réiteoir
  3. referee (person who writes a letter of reference)

Declension

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Declension of moltóir (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative moltóir moltóirí
vocative a mholtóir a mholtóirí
genitive moltóra moltóirí
dative moltóir moltóirí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an moltóir na moltóirí
genitive an mholtóra na moltóirí
dative leis an moltóir
don mholtóir
leis na moltóirí

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of moltóir
radical lenition eclipsis
moltóir mholtóir not applicable

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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