Ianasóir
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Ottoman Turkish یڭیچری (yeniçeri) (Turkish yeniçeri), from یڭی (yeni, “modern, new”) + چری (çeri, “army”), through an intermediate form in a European language such as French janissaire, Italian giannizzero, ianizzero, Latin Ianizari, Ienizari, Portuguese janizaro, or Spanish genizaro. Compare Dutch janitsaar, German Janitschar.
Noun edit
Ianasóir m (genitive singular Ianasóra, nominative plural Ianasóirí)
Declension edit
Declension of Ianasóir
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
Ianasóir | nIanasóir | hIanasóir | tIanasóir |
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), “Ianasóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN