Irish
Etymology
From áilt (“prank, lark”) + -óir.
Pronunciation
Noun
áilteoir m (genitive singular áilteora, nominative plural áilteoirí)
- trickster, practical joker
- clown
Declension
Declension of áilteoir (third declension)
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Derived terms
- áilteoireacht f (“(act of) tricking, joking”)
- áilteortha (“tricky, roguish”, adjective)
- fo-áilteoir m (“zany”, noun)
- áilteach (“prankish”, adjective)
Mutation
Mutated forms of áilteoir
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eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| áilteoir
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n-áilteoir
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háilteoir
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t-áilteoir
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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.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “áilteoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “áilteoir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “áilteoir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025