See also: toir and tóir

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish, from Latin -tor.

Suffix

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-tóir m

  1. -er (suffix appended to words to create an agent noun, indicating a person who does (or a thing that does) something)
    múin (teach, verb) + ‎-tóir → ‎múinteoir (teacher)
    inneall (engine, noun) + ‎-tóir → ‎innealtóir (engineer)

Declension

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Derived terms

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