bó-aire
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
bó (“cow”) + aire (“nobleman”); however, the fourth-declension inflection pattern suggests it has been reinterpreted as containing the agentive suffix -aire
Noun
bó-aire m (genitive singular bó-aire or bó-aireach, nominative plural bó-airí or bó-aireacha)
Declension
As a fourth-declension noun:
Declension of bó-aire
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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As a fifth-declension noun:
Declension of bó-aire
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bó-aire | bhó-aire | mbó-aire |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bóaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bó-aire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN