sirtheoir

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

sirtheoir m (genitive singular sirtheora, nominative plural sirtheoirí)

1. seeker; petitioner; beggar
2. prowler, forager
3. (mining) prospector

Declension

Declension of sirtheoir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sirtheoir sirtheoirí vocative a shirtheoir a shirtheoirí genitive sirtheora sirtheoirí dative sirtheoir sirtheoirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sirtheoir na sirtheoirí genitive an tsirtheora na sirtheoirí dative leis an sirtheoir don sirtheoir leis na sirtheoirí

Synonyms

• sirtheach
• (beggar): bacach

Derived terms

• sirtheoireacht (“(act of) seeking, imploring, begging; (act of) prowling, foraging; prospecting”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sirtheoir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sirtheoir	shirtheoir after an, tsirtheoir	not applicable

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