onoir

See also: onóir

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish onóir, anóir, from Old French honor, from Latin honor.

Noun

onoir f

1. honour, dignity, honesty, integrity, magnanimity
2. honour, esteem, respect, reverence
3. fame, renown

Derived terms

• mì-onoir
• mì-onoirich
• onorach

 

Mutation

Mutation of onoir

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
onoir	n-onoir	h-onoir	t-onoir

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “onóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language