oidhre

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish eigre, from Anglo-Norman eir, heir, from Latin hēres; cognate with Scottish Gaelic oighre, Manx eirey.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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oidhre m (genitive singular oidhre, nominative plural oidhrí)

  1. heir

Declension

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Coordinate terms

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  • oidhreacht (heritage; heredity; inheritance)

Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 61

Further reading

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