aoir

Irish

Alternative forms

• aor

Etymology

From Old Irish áer f (“cutting, incising; act of satirising, lampooning, defaming; (maledictory) satire, lampoon”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) (Gweedore) IPA^(key): /ˈiːɾʲ/

Noun

aoir f (genitive singular aoire, nominative plural aortha)

1. lampoon, satire

Declension

Declension of aoir

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aoir aortha Vocative a aoir a aortha Genitive aoire aortha Dative aoir aortha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an aoir na haortha Genitive na haoire na n-aortha Dative leis an aoir don aoir leis na haortha

Related terms

• aor (“satirize, lampoon”, transitive verb)
• aorach (“satirical”, adjective)
• aorachas (“(act of) satirizing, fault-finding; lampoonery”)
• aorthóir (“satirist, lampooner”)

 

Mutation

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

References

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “áer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “lampoon”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “satire”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish áer f (“cutting, incising; act of satirising, lampooning, defaming; (maledictory) satire, lampoon”).

Noun

aoir f (genitive singular aoire, plural aoirean)

1. satire

References

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “áer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language