pótaire

See also: potaire

Irish

Etymology

From póit (“drinking-bout, hangover”) +‎ -aire.

Noun

pótaire m (genitive singular pótaire, nominative plural pótairí)

1. drunkard

   Synonyms: druncaeir, meisceoir

Declension

Declension of pótaire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative pótaire pótairí vocative a phótaire a phótairí genitive pótaire pótairí dative pótaire pótairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an pótaire na pótairí genitive an phótaire na bpótairí dative leis an bpótaire don phótaire leis na pótairí

Derived terms

• pótaireacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of pótaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pótaire	phótaire	bpótaire

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pótaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pótaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN