airí

See also: airi, Airi, and airī

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

airí m (genitive singular airí, nominative plural airíonna)

1. symptom
2. attribute, characteristic, property

Declension

Declension of airí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative airí airíonna Vocative a airí a airíonna Genitive airí airíonna Dative airí airíonna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-airí na hairíonna Genitive an airí na n-airíonna Dative leis an airí don airí leis na hairíonna

Alternative forms

• airdhe f
• araí f

Etymology 2

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Noun

airí f (genitive singular airí)

1. (in phrases) plenty (of)

Declension

Declension of airí

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative airí Vocative a airí Genitive airí Dative airí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an airí Genitive na hairí Dative leis an airí don airí

Etymology 3

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Noun

airí f (genitive singular airí)

1. desert
2. deserving person

Declension

Declension of airí

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative airí Vocative a airí Genitive airí Dative airí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an airí Genitive na hairí Dative leis an airí don airí

Derived terms

• anairí (“undeserving, ungrateful, person”)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

airí m pl

1. plural of aire (“government minister”)

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

airí

1. inflection of aireach:
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “airí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “airí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

References

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