Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English ambassador, with influence from the agent noun suffix -óir.
Noun
ambasadóir m (genitive singular ambasadóra, nominative plural ambasadóirí)
- ambassador
- Hyponym: banambasadóir
Declension
Declension of ambasadóir (third declension)
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of ambasadóir
radical |
eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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ambasadóir
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n-ambasadóir
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hambasadóir
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t-ambasadóir
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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.
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ambasadóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ambasadóir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ambasadóir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025