dí-adharcóir

Irish

Etymology

From dí-adharc (“poll, disbud, dehorn”, verb) +‎ -óir (agent suffix).

Noun

dí-adharcóir m (genitive singular dí-adharcóra, nominative plural dí-adharcóirí)

1. dehorner (device for cutting the horns off an animal's head)

Declension

Declension of dí-adharcóir

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative dí-adharcóir dí-adharcóirí Vocative a dhí-adharcóir a dhí-adharcóirí Genitive dí-adharcóra dí-adharcóirí Dative dí-adharcóir dí-adharcóirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an dí-adharcóir na dí-adharcóirí Genitive an dí-adharcóra na ndí-adharcóirí Dative leis an dí-adharcóir don dí-adharcóir leis na dí-adharcóirí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dí-adharcóir	dhí-adharcóir	ndí-adharcóir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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