pinsinéir

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English pensioner, from Anglo-Norman pensionner, from Old French pensionnier, from Medieval Latin pēnsiōnārius. By surface analysis, pinsean +‎ -éir.

Noun

pinsinéir m (genitive singular pinsinéara, nominative plural pinsinéirí)

  1. pensioner (someone living on a pension)

Declension

Declension of pinsinéir (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative pinsinéir pinsinéirí
vocative a phinsinéir a phinsinéirí
genitive pinsinéara pinsinéirí
dative pinsinéir pinsinéirí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an pinsinéir na pinsinéirí
genitive an phinsinéara na bpinsinéirí
dative leis an bpinsinéir
don phinsinéir 		leis na pinsinéirí

Derived terms

  • pinsinéir seanaoise m (“old age pensioner”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of pinsinéir
radical lenition eclipsis
pinsinéir phinsinéir bpinsinéir

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

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