Béarlóir
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Béarla (“the English language”) + -óir (agent suffix) (compare Manx Baarleyr).
Noun
[edit]Béarlóir m (genitive singular Béarlóra, nominative plural Béarlóirí)
- English-speaker, Anglophone
Declension
[edit]Declension of Béarlóir
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- Béarlóireacht f (“(act of) speaking English”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Béarlóir | Bhéarlóir | mBéarlóir |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Béarlóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Béarlóir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm