suthaire

Irish

Etymology

From sutha +‎ -aire [from 19th c.].

Noun

suthaire m (genitive singular suthaire, nominative plural suthairí)

1. (derogatory) glutton, pig (greedy person)

Declension

Declension of suthaire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative suthaire suthairí vocative a shuthaire a shuthairí genitive suthaire suthairí dative suthaire suthairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an suthaire na suthairí genitive an tsuthaire na suthairí dative leis an suthaire don suthaire leis na suthairí

Mutation

Mutated forms of suthaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
suthaire	shuthaire after an, tsuthaire	not applicable

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

Further reading

• “suthaire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy