aturnae

Irish

Alternative forms

• atúirnéir

Etymology

From Old French atorné, aturné, atourné, masculine past participle of atourner (“to attorn”), in the sense of “one appointed or constituted”.

Noun

aturnae m (genitive singular aturnae, nominative plural aturnaetha)

1. attorney, solicitor

Declension

Declension of aturnae

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aturnae aturnaetha Vocative a aturnae a aturnaetha Genitive aturnae aturnaetha Dative aturnae aturnaetha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aturnae na haturnaetha Genitive an aturnae na n-aturnaetha Dative leis an aturnae don aturnae leis na haturnaetha

Derived terms

• cumhacht aturnae f (“power of attorney”)
• An Príomh-Aturnae Stáit m (“the Chief State Solicitor”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

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