Irish
Etymology
From aer- (“air”) + druilire (“drill”).
Noun
aerdhruilire m (genitive singular aerdhruilire, nominative plural aerdhruilirí)
- air-drill
Declension
Declension of aerdhruilire (fourth declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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aerdhruilire
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aerdhruilirí
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| vocative
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a aerdhruilire
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a aerdhruilirí
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| genitive
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aerdhruilire
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aerdhruilirí
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| dative
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aerdhruilire
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aerdhruilirí
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an t-aerdhruilire
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na haerdhruilirí
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| genitive
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an aerdhruilire
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na n-aerdhruilirí
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| dative
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leis an aerdhruilire don aerdhruilire
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leis na haerdhruilirí
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Derived terms
- aerdhruilire neomatach m (“jackhammer”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of aerdhruilire
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eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| aerdhruilire
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n-aerdhruilire
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haerdhruilire
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t-aerdhruilire
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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) “aerdhruilire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aerdhruilire”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “aerdhruilire”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025