ordphéire

Irish

Etymology

ord (“ordered”) +‎ péire (“pair”)

Noun

ordphéire m (genitive singular ordphéire, nominative plural ordphéirí)

1. (mathematics) couple

Declension

Declension of ordphéire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ordphéire ordphéirí vocative a ordphéire a ordphéirí genitive ordphéire ordphéirí dative ordphéire ordphéirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ordphéire na hordphéirí genitive an ordphéire na n-ordphéirí dative leis an ordphéire don ordphéire leis na hordphéirí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ordphéire

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ordphéire	n-ordphéire	hordphéire	t-ordphéire

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

References

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