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)

coast, shore
Synonyms: cósta, cladach
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
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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

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