ailleadóir

Irish

Etymology

From aill (“cliff, precipice”) +‎ -adóir (agent suffix).

Noun

ailleadóir m (genitive singular ailleadóra, nominative plural ailleadóirí)

1. rock-climber, cragsman

Declension

Declension of ailleadóir

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ailleadóir ailleadóirí Vocative a ailleadóir a ailleadóirí Genitive ailleadóra ailleadóirí Dative ailleadóir ailleadóirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ailleadóir na hailleadóirí Genitive an ailleadóra na n-ailleadóirí Dative leis an ailleadóir don ailleadóir leis na hailleadóirí

Derived terms

• ailleadóireacht f (“(act of) rock-climbing”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ailleadóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ailleadóir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ailleadóir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024