naonúr

Irish

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    Cardinal: naoi
    Ordinal: naoú
    Personal: naonúr

Alternative forms

  • naonbhar, naonmhar

Etymology

From Old Irish nónbar.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /n̪ˠeːˈn̪ˠuːɾˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈn̪ˠiːnˠuːɾˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈn̪ˠʌnˠuɾˠ/ ~ /ˈn̪ˠɨ̞nˠuɾˠ/[2]

Noun

naonúr m (genitive singular naonúir, nominative plural naonúir) (triggers no mutation)

  1. a group of nine people
    Tá naonúr breithiúna sa chúirt.
    There are nine judges in the court.

Usage notes

  • Generally used with the genitive plural when referring to human beings; also sometimes used with other nouns, especially if the things they denote are being personified.

Declension

Declension of naonúr (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative naonúr naonúir
vocative a naonúir a naonúra
genitive naonúir naonúr
dative naonúr naonúir
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an naonúr na naonúir
genitive an naonúir na naonúr
dative leis an naonúr
don naonúr 		leis na naonúir
  • naoi (“nine”) (non-personal)

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “nónbor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 59, page 26

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