agróir

Irish

Alternative forms

• agarthóir, agraitheoir

Etymology

From agair (“plead, entreat; avenge, retribute; sue”) +‎ -óir (agent suffix).

Noun

agróir m (genitive singular agróra, nominative plural agróirí)

1. (law, etc.) suitor, pleader

   Synonym: gearánaí

2. avenger

   Synonym: díoltasaí

Declension

Declension of agróir

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative agróir agróirí Vocative a agróir a agróirí Genitive agróra agróirí Dative agróir agróirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-agróir na hagróirí Genitive an agróra na n-agróirí Dative leis an agróir don agróir leis na hagróirí

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “agróir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “suitor”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• Entries containing “agróir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.