rannaire

Irish

Etymology 1

From roinn (“share”, verb) +‎ -aire (agent suffix).

Noun

rannaire m (genitive singular rannaire, nominative plural rannairí)

  1. (literary) food-distributor, carver

Etymology 2

From rann (“quatrain; stanza, verse”) +‎ -aire (agent suffix).

Noun

rannaire m (genitive singular rannaire, nominative plural rannairí)

  1. versifier, rhymer
Derived terms
  • rannaireacht f (“(act of) composing verses, rhyming; versification”)

Declension

Declension of rannaire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative rannaire rannairí
vocative a rannaire a rannairí
genitive rannaire rannairí
dative rannaire rannairí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an rannaire na rannairí
genitive an rannaire na rannairí
dative leis an rannaire
don rannaire 		leis na rannairí

References

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