cuntasóir

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cuntasaí m

Etymology

From cuntas (“account”) +‎ -óir (agent noun suffix).

Noun

cuntasóir m (genitive singular cuntasóra, nominative plural cuntasóirí)

  1. accountant, bookkeeper

Declension

Declension of cuntasóir (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cuntasóir cuntasóirí
vocative a chuntasóir a chuntasóirí
genitive cuntasóra cuntasóirí
dative cuntasóir cuntasóirí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cuntasóir na cuntasóirí
genitive an chuntasóra na gcuntasóirí
dative leis an gcuntasóir
don chuntasóir 		leis na cuntasóirí

Derived terms

  • cuntasóir cairte
  • cuntasóir deimhnithe
  • cuntasóir deimhnithe poiblí
  • cuntasóireacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuntasóir
radical lenition eclipsis
cuntasóir chuntasóir gcuntasóir

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) “cuntasóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “accountant”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “bean+counter”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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