aisteoir

Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /əˈʃtʲoːɾʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈaʃtʲoːɾʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈaʃtʲɔɾʲ/

Noun

aisteoir m (genitive singular aisteora, nominative plural aisteoirí)

  1. actor
    Coordinate terms: aisteoir mná, ban-aisteoir

Declension

Declension of aisteoir (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative aisteoir aisteoirí
vocative a aisteoir a aisteoirí
genitive aisteora aisteoirí
dative aisteoir aisteoirí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-aisteoir na haisteoirí
genitive an aisteora na n-aisteoirí
dative leis an aisteoir
don aisteoir
leis na haisteoirí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of aisteoir
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aisteoir n-aisteoir haisteoir t-aisteoir

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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