aorthóir

Irish

Etymology

From aor (“satirize, lampoon”, transitive verb) +‎ -thóir (agent noun suffix).

Noun

aorthóir m (genitive singular aorthóra, nominative plural aorthóirí)

  1. satirist, lampooner

Declension

Declension of aorthóir (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative aorthóir aorthóirí
vocative a aorthóir a aorthóirí
genitive aorthóra aorthóirí
dative aorthóir aorthóirí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-aorthóir na haorthóirí
genitive an aorthóra na n-aorthóirí
dative leis an aorthóir
don aorthóir 		leis na haorthóirí

Mutation

Mutated forms of aorthóir
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aorthóir n-aorthóir haorthóir t-aorthóir

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) “aorthóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “satirist”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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