bó-aire

Irish

Alternative forms

• bóaire

Etymology

bó (“cow”) +‎ aire (“nobleman”); however, the fourth-declension inflection pattern suggests it has been reinterpreted as containing the agentive suffix -aire

Noun

bó-aire m (genitive singular bó-aire or bó-aireach, nominative plural bó-airí or bó-aireacha)

1. (historical) cattleman, cowman

Declension

As a fourth-declension noun:

Declension of bó-aire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bó-aire bó-airí Vocative a bhó-aire a bhó-airí Genitive bó-aire bó-airí Dative bó-aire bó-airí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bó-aire na bó-airí Genitive an bhó-aire na mbó-airí Dative leis an mbó-aire don bhó-aire leis na bó-airí

As a fifth-declension noun:

Declension of bó-aire

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bó-aire bó-aireacha Vocative a bhó-aire a bhó-aireacha Genitive bó-aireach bó-aireacha Dative bó-aire bó-airigh (archaic, dialectal) bó-aireacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bó-aire na bó-aireacha Genitive an bhó-aireach na mbó-aireacha Dative leis an mbó-aire leis an mbó-airigh (archaic, dialectal) don bhó-aire don bhó-airigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na bó-aireacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bó-aire	bhó-aire	mbó-aire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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