dingire

Irish

Etymology

From ding (“wedge; pack tightly, stuff; make compact; knit, knead”, verb) +‎ -aire (agent suffix).

Noun

dingire m (genitive singular dingire, nominative plural dingirí)

1. wedging implement; light hammer

Declension

Declension of dingire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative dingire dingirí Vocative a dhingire a dhingirí Genitive dingire dingirí Dative dingire dingirí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an dingire na dingirí Genitive an dingire na ndingirí Dative leis an dingire don dingire leis na dingirí

Derived terms

• dingireacht f (“wedge-driving; tapping”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dingire	dhingire	ndingire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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