prióir
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Medieval Latin prior, adapted to contain the suffix -óir.
Noun
[edit]prióir m (genitive singular prióra, nominative plural prióirí)
- (Christianity) prior (high-ranking member of a monastery)
- Coordinate term: banphrióir
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- prióireacht (“priory”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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prióir | phrióir | bprióir |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “prióir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “prióir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “prióir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “prióir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024