onoir

See also: onóir

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish onóir, anóir, from Old French honor, from Latin honor.

Noun

onoir f

1. honour, dignity, honesty, integrity, magnanimity
2. honour, esteem, respect, reverence
3. fame, renown

Derived terms

• mì-onoir
• mì-onoirich
• onorach

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “onóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language