teangaire

Irish

Etymology

From teanga (“language”) +‎ -aire.

Noun

teangaire m (genitive singular teangaire, nominative plural teangairí)

1. interpreter

Declension

Declension of teangaire (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative teangaire teangairí vocative a theangaire a theangairí genitive teangaire teangairí dative teangaire teangairí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an teangaire na teangairí genitive an teangaire na dteangairí dative leis an teangaire don teangaire leis na teangairí

Derived terms

• teangaireacht (“interpretation”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of teangaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
teangaire	theangaire	dteangaire

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teangaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “interpreter”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “teangaire”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm