aoire

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish áegaire, from Old Irish oegaire.

Noun

aoire m (genitive aoire, nominative plural aoirí)

1. shepherd; herdsman
2. whip

Declension

Declension of aoire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aoire aoirí Vocative a aoire a aoirí Genitive aoire aoirí Dative aoire aoirí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aoire na haoirí Genitive an aoire na n-aoirí Dative leis an aoire don aoire leis na haoirí

Synonyms

• tréadaí (“shepherd”)
• feighlí bó, maor (“herdsman”)

Coordinate terms

• banaoire (“shepherdess”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aoire	n-aoire	haoire	t-aoire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.