aoghaire

Irish

Noun

aoghaire m (genitive singular aoghaire, nominative plural aoghairí)

1. superseded spelling of aoire (“shepherd; pastor; (parliamentary) whip”)

Declension

Declension of aoghaire (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative aoghaire aoghairí vocative a aoghaire a aoghairí genitive aoghaire aoghairí dative aoghaire aoghairí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-aoghaire na haoghairí genitive an aoghaire na n-aoghairí dative leis an aoghaire don aoghaire leis na haoghairí

Mutation

Mutated forms of aoghaire

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aoghaire	n-aoghaire	haoghaire	t-aoghaire

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. (1904), “aoḋaire, aoġaire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 32

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish áegaire, from Old Irish augaire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɯː.ɪɾʲə/

Noun

aoghaire m (genitive singular aoghaire, plural aoghairean)

1. herdsman, pastor, shepherd
2. pastor (ecclesiastical)

Derived terms

• aoghaireil (“pastoral, pertaining to a herdsman/pastor/shepherd”)
• aoghaireach (“pastoral, pertaining to a herdsman/pastor/shepherd”)

Mutation

Mutation of aoghaire

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aoghaire	n-aoghaire	h-aoghaire	t-aoghaire

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