Irish
Etymology
From teilg + -óir.
Noun
teilgeoir m (genitive singular teilgeora, nominative plural teilgeoirí)
- thrower, pitcher, slinger
- projector
- founder
- earther, moulder
- moulder, plasterer
Declension
Declension of teilgeoir (third declension)
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Derived terms
- osteilgeoir (“overhead projector”)
- teilgeoir aoil (“slaker of lime”)
- teilgeoir cló (“type-caster”)
- teilgeoir diúracán (“missile launcher”)
- teilgeoir lasracha (“flame-thrower”)
- teilgeoir pictiúr (“picture projector”)
- teilgeoir roicéad (“rocket launcher”)
- teilgeoir scannán (“cine-projector”)
- teilgeoir sleamhnán (“slide projector”)
- teilgeoir sonraí (“data projector”)
- teilgeoir tuilsholais (“flood-light”)
- teilgeoireacht f (“casting, moulding”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of teilgeoir
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lenition
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eclipsis
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theilgeoir
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dteilgeoir
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teilgeoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “teilgeoir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “teilgeoir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025