Irish
- adhbhairseóir, aibhirseóir, aidhbheirseoir, aidhbhirseoir, áirseoir
Etymology
From Old Irish adbirseóir, from Latin adversārius.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
áibhirseoir m (genitive singular áibhirseora, nominative plural áibhirseoirí)
- (Christianity) the Adversary, the Devil
- Synonym: diabhal
- a devil (wicked or naughty person)
- Synonym: diabhal
Declension
Declension of áibhirseoir (third declension)
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of áibhirseoir
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eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| áibhirseoir
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n-áibhirseoir
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háibhirseoir
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t-áibhirseoir
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aidbirseóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, page 47
- ^ anonymous author (January 2010) “My Irish-English Dictionary”, in Cork Irish[1]
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “áibhirseoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aiḋḃeirseoir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 9
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “áirseoir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 26; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “áibhirseoir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “áibhirseoir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025