potaire

See also: pótaire

Irish

Alternative forms

• potadóir

Etymology

From pota (“pot”) +‎ -aire.

Noun

potaire m (genitive singular potaire, nominative plural potairí)

1. potter

   Synonym: criadóir

Declension

Declension of potaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative potaire potairí Vocative a photaire a photairí Genitive potaire potairí Dative potaire potairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an potaire na potairí Genitive an photaire na bpotairí Dative leis an bpotaire don photaire leis na potairí

Derived terms

• cré potaire (“potter's clay”)
• deil potaire (“potter's lathe”)
• potaireacht (“pottery”)
• roth potaire (“potter's wheel”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
potaire	photaire	bpotaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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