aoire

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish áegaire, from Old Irish augaire (“shepherd, herdsman”).

Alternative forms

• aodhaire, aoghaire (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈeːɾʲə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈiːɾʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈiːɾʲə/, (older) /ˈɯːɣəɾʲə/

Noun

aoire m (genitive singular aoire, nominative plural aoirí)

1. shepherd; herdsman
2. (parliament) whip

Declension

Declension of aoire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aoire aoirí Vocative a aoire a aoirí Genitive aoire aoirí Dative aoire aoirí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aoire na haoirí Genitive an aoire na n-aoirí Dative leis an aoire don aoire leis na haoirí

Synonyms

• (shepherd): tréadaí
• (herdsman): feighlí bó, maor

Coordinate terms

• banaoire (“shepherdess”)

Derived terms

• aoirigh (“shepherd, herd”, transitive verb)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aoire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oegaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈeːɾʲə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈiːɾʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈiːɾʲə/, (older) /ˈɯːɾʲə/

Noun

aoire f

1. genitive singular of aoir

Mutation

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

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

aoire f

1. genitive singular of aoir