úirí
See also: uirí
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
úirí f (genitive singular úirí, nominative plural úiríocha)
Declension edit
Declension of úirí
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms edit
- magairle m
Mutation edit
Irish 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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “uirge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language