abhlóir

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish oblóir, ablóir, oblaire m (“juggler”), possibly from obull (“juggler's ball”), a variant of ubull (“apple”) (compare modern úll).

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈãulˠɔɾʲ/, /ˈãul̪ˠɔɾʲ/[1]

Noun

abhlóir m (genitive singular abhlóra, nominative plural abhlóirí)

  1. buffoon, fool; boor
  2. confused, bewildered, person

Declension

Declension of abhlóir (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative abhlóir abhlóirí
vocative a abhlóir a abhlóirí
genitive abhlóra abhlóirí
dative abhlóir abhlóirí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-abhlóir na habhlóirí
genitive an abhlóra na n-abhlóirí
dative leis an abhlóir
don abhlóir 		leis na habhlóirí

Derived terms

  • abhlóireacht f (“(act of) clowning, playing the fool; buffoonery”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of abhlóir
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
abhlóir n-abhlóir habhlóir t-abhlóir

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 10, page 8

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