cuisneoir

Irish

Etymology

From cuisne (“frost, cold haze”) +‎ -óir.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kəʃˈnʲoːɾʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪʃnʲoːɾʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪʃnʲɔɾʲ/

Noun

cuisneoir m (genitive singular cuisneora, nominative plural cuisneoirí)

1. refrigerator

Declension

Declension of cuisneoir

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cuisneoir cuisneoirí Vocative a chuisneoir a chuisneoirí Genitive cuisneora cuisneoirí Dative cuisneoir cuisneoirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cuisneoir na cuisneoirí Genitive an chuisneora na gcuisneoirí Dative leis an gcuisneoir don chuisneoir leis na cuisneoirí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cuisneoir	chuisneoir	gcuisneoir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuisneoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN