airis

Gothic

Romanization

airis

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐍃

Irish

Verb

airis

1. second-person singular past indicative dependent of air

Verb

airis (verbal noun airiseamh)

1. Alternative form of oiris (“stay, stop; wait, delay”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of airis

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
airis	n-airis	hairis	not applicable

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

References

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

Latgalian

Noun

airis f pl

1. swing (swing seat)

Latvian

Airis

Etymology

There are different hypotheses on the origin of this word. Some propose to derive it from Proto-Baltic *air-, from Proto-Indo-European *ey-, *oy- (“pole, post”) with an extra r. Others derive it from the same stem as Latvian vairīt “to avoid; to dodge,” with loss of the initial v. Others yet consider it an old borrowing from a Germanic language (cf. Old Norse ár, Old English ār, English oar, all from Proto-Germanic *airō), possibly mediated by Livonian āiraz (from Proto-Finnic *airo). Cognates include Lithuanian ai̇̃rė.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [āīɾis]

• Audio:

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Noun

airis m (2nd declension)

1. oar, paddle (an instrument for rowing a boat)

   divi airi ― two paddles, oars

   airu laiva ― rowboat (lit. oar boat)

   cilāt airus ― to lift the oars

   iegremdēt airus ūdenī ― to put (lit. insert) the oars in the water

   sēsties airos, pie airiem ― to sit at the oars (= to prepare for oaring, paddling)

   Griniņš ievilka airus un ļāva laivai slīdēt lēni uz priekšu ― Griniņš pulled the oars and let the book slide slowly forward

   nolicis airi, noliecos pār laivas malu un sāku raut ūdens augus ― letting go of the oar, he leaned over the boat edge and began to pluck the aquatic plants

   nosēdies airos, Pičs ar vienmērīgiem un spēcīgiem vēzieniem dzina laivu uz priekšu ― having sat at the oars, Pičs drove the boat forward with steady, strong strokes

Declension

Declension of airis (2nd declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	airis	airi
genitive	aira	airu
dative	airim	airiem
accusative	airi	airus
instrumental	airi	airiem
locative	airī	airos
vocative	airi	airi

Related terms

• airēt, airēšana, airētājs, airētāja

Lithuanian

Airis

Noun

ai̇̃ris m (plural ai̇̃riai, feminine ai̇̃rė) stress pattern 2

1. Irishman (man from Ireland)

Declension

Declension of ai̇̃ris

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	ai̇̃ris	ai̇̃riai
genitive (kilmininkas)	ai̇̃rio	ai̇̃rių
dative (naudininkas)	ai̇̃riui	ai̇̃riams
accusative (galininkas)	ai̇̃rį	airiùs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	airiù	ai̇̃riais
locative (vietininkas)	ai̇̃ryje	ai̇̃riuose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	ai̇̃ri	ai̇̃riai

Related terms

• Airija
• airiškas