See also: uirí

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From 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

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úirí f (genitive singular úirí, nominative plural úiríocha)

  1. (anatomy) testis, testicle

Declension

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Synonyms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
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.

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