úinéir

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English owner, assimilated to the suffix -éir.

Noun

úinéir m (genitive singular úinéara, nominative plural úinéirí)

  1. owner, proprietor

Declension

Declension of úinéir (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative úinéir úinéirí
vocative a úinéir a úinéirí
genitive úinéara úinéirí
dative úinéir úinéirí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-úinéir na húinéirí
genitive an úinéara na n-úinéirí
dative leis an úinéir
don úinéir
leis na húinéirí

Derived terms

  • úinéir tairbhiúil (beneficial owner)
  • úinéireacht (ownership, proprietorship)

Mutation

Mutated forms of úinéir
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
úinéir n-úinéir húinéir t-úinéir

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

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