adhainteoir

Irish

Etymology

From adhain (“ignite”, verb) +‎ -tóir (agent noun suffix) or adhaint (“ignition”) +‎ -óir (agent noun suffix).

Noun

adhainteoir m (genitive singular adhainteora, nominative plural adhainteoirí)

1. igniter

Declension

Declension of adhainteoir

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative adhainteoir adhainteoirí Vocative a adhainteoir a adhainteoirí Genitive adhainteora adhainteoirí Dative adhainteoir adhainteoirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-adhainteoir na hadhainteoirí Genitive an adhainteora na n-adhainteoirí Dative leis an adhainteoir don adhainteoir leis na hadhainteoirí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhainteoir	n-adhainteoir	hadhainteoir	t-adhainteoir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhainteoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “adhainteoir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.