Irish
Etymology
From agair (“plead, entreat; avenge, retribute; sue”) + -óir (agent suffix).
Noun
agróir m (genitive singular agróra, nominative plural agróirí)
- (law, etc.) suitor, pleader
- Synonym: gearánaí
- avenger
- Synonym: díoltasaí
Declension
Declension of agróir (third declension)
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Mutation
Mutated forms of agróir
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eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| agróir
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n-agróir
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hagróir
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t-agróir
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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) “agróir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “suitor”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “agróir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm