muilleoir

Irish

Alternative forms

• muilteoir
• muilleóir, muilneoir, muilneóir, muilteóir (superseded)

Etymology

From muileann +‎ -óir.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠil̠ʲoːɾʲ/

Noun

muilleoir m (genitive singular muilleora, nominative plural muilleoirí)

1. miller (one who owns or operates a mill)

Declension

Declension of muilleoir (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative muilleoir muilleoirí vocative a mhuilleoir a mhuilleoirí genitive muilleora muilleoirí dative muilleoir muilleoirí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an muilleoir na muilleoirí genitive an mhuilleora na muilleoirí dative leis an muilleoir don mhuilleoir leis na muilleoirí

Derived terms

• muilleoireacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of muilleoir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
muilleoir	mhuilleoir	not applicable

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), “muilleoir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 767; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “muilleoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN