oirear

Irish

Alternative forms

• airear

Etymology

From Middle Irish airer.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɪɾʲəɾˠ/

Noun

oirear m (genitive singular oirir, nominative plural oirir) (literary)

1. coast, shore

   Synonyms: cósta, cladach

2. border, borderland

Declension

Declension of oirear

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative oirear oirir Vocative a oirir a oireara Genitive oirir oirear Dative oirear oirir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-oirear na hoirir Genitive an oirir na n-oirear Dative leis an oirear don oirear leis na hoirir

Derived terms

• Oirear Gael (“Argyll”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “oirear”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 airer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “oirear”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 530
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oirear”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 71