úirí
See also: uirí
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish uirge (“testicle”), from Proto-Celtic *orgyā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órǵʰis. Cognates include Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis), Old Armenian որձիք (orjikʻ, “testicles”), Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌 (ərəzi), and Hittite [script needed] (arkiš).
Noun
editúirí f (genitive singular úirí, nominative plural úiríocha)
Declension
editDeclension of úirí
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
edit- magairle m
Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
úirí | n-úirí | húirí | t-úirí |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “úirí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uirge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
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- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
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- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
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- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
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- Irish fourth-declension nouns