óiréal

Irish

óiréal

Etymology

Ultimately from Old French oriol, from Latin aureolus, probably via English.

Noun

óiréal m (genitive singular óiréil, nominative plural óiréil)

1. oriole

Declension

Declension of óiréal (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative óiréal óiréil vocative a óiréil a óiréala genitive óiréil óiréal dative óiréal óiréil forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-óiréal na hóiréil genitive an óiréil na n-óiréal dative leis an óiréal don óiréal leis na hóiréil

Derived terms

• óiréal órga m (“golden oriole”)
• óiréal tuaisceartach m (“Baltimore oriole”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of óiréal

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
óiréal	n-óiréal	hóiréal	t-óiréal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “oiréal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 816; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “óiréal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN