pótaire

See also: potaire

Irish

Etymology

From póit (“drinking-bout, hangover”) +‎ -aire.

Noun

pótaire m (genitive singular pótaire, nominative plural pótairí)

1. drunkard

   Synonyms: druncaeir, meisceoir

Declension

Declension of pótaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative pótaire pótairí Vocative a phótaire a phótairí Genitive pótaire pótairí Dative pótaire pótairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an pótaire na pótairí Genitive an phótaire na bpótairí Dative leis an bpótaire don phótaire leis na pótairí

Derived terms

• pótaireacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pótaire	phótaire	bpótaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “pótaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pótaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN