potaire

See also: pótaire

Irish

Alternative forms

• potadóir

Etymology

From pota (“pot”) +‎ -aire.

Noun

potaire m (genitive singular potaire, nominative plural potairí)

1. potter

   Synonym: criadóir

Declension

Declension of potaire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative potaire potairí vocative a photaire a photairí genitive potaire potairí dative potaire potairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an potaire na potairí genitive an photaire na bpotairí dative leis an bpotaire don photaire leis na potairí

Derived terms

• cré potaire (“potter's clay”)
• deil potaire (“potter's lathe”)
• potaireacht (“pottery”)
• roth potaire (“potter's wheel”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of potaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
potaire	photaire	bpotaire

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “potaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “potter”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “potaire”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm