diagaire

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From diaga +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲiəɡiɾʲə/[2]

Noun

diagaire m (genitive singular diagaire, nominative plural diagairí)

  1. theologian, divine

Declension

Declension of diagaire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative diagaire diagairí
vocative a dhiagaire a dhiagairí
genitive diagaire diagairí
dative diagaire diagairí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an diagaire na diagairí
genitive an diagaire na ndiagairí
dative leis an diagaire
don diagaire
leis na diagairí

Mutation

Mutated forms of diagaire
radical lenition eclipsis
diagaire dhiagaire ndiagaire

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

References

  1. ^ diagaire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 429, page 139

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