deoraí

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish déorad, déoraid (“stranger, outlaw, exile, wanderer, foreign mercenary, pilgrim”).

Alternative forms

• deoraidhe (superseded)
• deora

Noun

deoraí m (genitive singular deoraí, nominative plural deoraithe)

1. stranger, wanderer, exile
2. lonely person

Declension

Declension of deoraí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative deoraí deoraithe Vocative a dheoraí a dheoraithe Genitive deoraí deoraithe Dative deoraí deoraithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an deoraí na deoraithe Genitive an deoraí na ndeoraithe Dative leis an deoraí don deoraí leis na deoraithe

Related terms

• deoraíocht f (“exile”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

deoraí

1. plural of deora

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• deoraighe (superseded)

Adjective

deoraí

1. inflection of deorach:
   1. feminine genitive singular
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
deoraí	dheoraí	ndeoraí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.