úinéir

Irish

Alternative forms

• úinéara (Cois Fharraige)
• únaeir

Etymology

Borrowed from English owner, assimilated to the suffix -éir.

Noun

úinéir m (genitive singular úinéara, nominative plural úinéirí)

1. owner, proprietor

Declension

Declension of úinéir

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative úinéir úinéirí Vocative a úinéir a úinéirí Genitive úinéara úinéirí Dative úinéir úinéirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-úinéir na húinéirí Genitive an úinéara na n-úinéirí Dative leis an úinéir don úinéir leis na húinéirí

Derived terms

• úinéir tairbhiúil (“beneficial owner”)
• úinéireacht (“ownership, proprietorship”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “úinéir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “úinéir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “úinéir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.