oidhre
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish eigre, from Anglo-Norman eir, heir, from Latin hēres; cognate with Scottish Gaelic oighre, Manx eirey.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]oidhre m (genitive singular oidhre, nominative plural oidhrí)
Declension
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- Alternative plural: oidhreacha (Aran)
Coordinate terms
[edit]- banoidhre (“heiress”)
Related terms
[edit]- oidhreacht (“heritage; heredity; inheritance”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| oidhre | n-oidhre | hoidhre | t-oidhre |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 61
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eigre, oigre, eiger, eigir, oigir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “oiġre”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 527
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 5
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oidhre”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “oidhre”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “oidhre”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- “oidhre”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy