teangaire

Irish

Etymology

From teanga (“language”) +‎ -aire.

Noun

teangaire m (genitive singular teangaire, nominative plural teangairí)

1. interpreter

Declension

Declension of teangaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative teangaire teangairí Vocative a theangaire a theangairí Genitive teangaire teangairí Dative teangaire teangairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an teangaire na teangairí Genitive an teangaire na dteangairí Dative leis an teangaire don teangaire leis na teangairí

Derived terms

• teangaireacht (“interpretation”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
teangaire	theangaire	dteangaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teangaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “interpreter”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Further reading

• Entries containing “teangaire” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.