poitigéir

Irish

Etymology

An alteration of Middle Irish potecaire (assimilated to the suffix -éir), from Old French apotecaire, from Medieval Latin apothēcārius (“storekeeper”), from Latin apothēca (“repository, storehouse, warehouse”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “a repository, storehouse”).

Noun

poitigéir m (genitive singular poitigéara, nominative plural poitigéirí)

  1. pharmacist, druggist, chemist, apothecary
    Synonym: cógaiseoir

Declension

Declension of poitigéir (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative poitigéir poitigéirí
vocative a phoitigéir a phoitigéirí
genitive poitigéara poitigéirí
dative poitigéir poitigéirí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an poitigéir na poitigéirí
genitive an phoitigéara na bpoitigéirí
dative leis an bpoitigéir
don phoitigéir 		leis na poitigéirí

Derived terms

  • poitigéireacht f (“pharmaceutics”)
  • siopa poitigéara m (“chemist's, pharmacy”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of poitigéir
radical lenition eclipsis
poitigéir phoitigéir bpoitigéir

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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