húicéir

Irish

Alternative forms

  • húcaeir, húicéar

Etymology

From English hooker, adapted to the suffix -éir.

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈhuːcəɾˠ/[1] (corresponding to the form húicéar)

Noun

húicéir m (genitive singular húicéara, nominative plural húicéirí)

  1. Galway hooker (type of fishing boat)

Declension

Declension of húicéir (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative húicéir húicéirí
vocative a húicéir a húicéirí
genitive húicéara húicéirí
dative húicéir húicéirí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an húicéir na húicéirí
genitive an húicéara na húicéirí
dative leis an húicéir
don húicéir 		leis na húicéirí

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 139

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