aoir

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish áer f (“cutting, incising; act of satirising, lampooning, defaming; (maledictory) satire, lampoon”), from Proto-Celtic *aigrā.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) (Gweedore) IPA(key): /ˈiːɾʲ/

Noun

aoir f (genitive singular aoire, nominative plural aortha)

  1. lampoon, satire

Declension

Declension of aoir (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative aoir aortha
vocative a aoir a aortha
genitive aoire aortha
dative aoir aortha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an aoir na haortha
genitive na haoire na n-aortha
dative leis an aoir
don aoir 		leis na haortha
  • aor (“satirize, lampoon”, transitive verb)
  • aorach (“satirical”, adjective)
  • aorachas (“(act of) satirizing, fault-finding; lampoonery”)
  • aorthóir (“satirist, lampooner”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aoir
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aoir n-aoir haoir not applicable

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

References

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “lampoon”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “satire”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish áer f (“cutting, incising; act of satirising, lampooning, defaming; (maledictory) satire, lampoon”), from Proto-Celtic *aigrā.

Noun

aoir f (genitive singular aoire, plural aoirean)

  1. satire

References

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