Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English owner, assimilated to the suffix -éir.
Noun
úinéir m (genitive singular úinéara, nominative plural úinéirí)
- owner, proprietor
Declension
Declension of úinéir (third declension)
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Derived terms
- úinéir tairbhiúil (“beneficial owner”)
- úinéireacht (“ownership, proprietorship”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of úinéir
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eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| úinéir
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n-úinéir
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húinéir
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t-úinéir
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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) “úinéir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “úinéir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “úinéir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025