pataire

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish patu (“hare”)[2] (from Brythonic, compare Welsh pathew (“dormouse”)[3]) + -aire.

Noun

pataire m (genitive singular pataire, nominative plural patairí)

  1. plump child or small animal
    pataire coinín ― plump young rabbit
  2. tot (small child)

Declension

Declension of pataire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative pataire patairí
vocative a phataire a phatairí
genitive pataire patairí
dative pataire patairí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an pataire na patairí
genitive an phataire na bpatairí
dative leis an bpataire
don phataire 		leis na patairí

Mutation

Mutated forms of pataire
radical lenition eclipsis
pataire phataire bpataire

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

References

  1. ^ “pataire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “patu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Pedersen, Holger (1909) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume I, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 347, page 511

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “pataire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 834; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pataire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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