poitigéir
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
An alteration of Middle Irish potecaire (assimilated to the suffix -éir), from Old French apotecaire, from Medieval Latin apothēcārius (“storekeeper”), from Latin apothēca (“repository, storehouse, warehouse”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “a repository, storehouse”).
Noun[edit]
poitigéir m (genitive singular poitigéara, nominative plural poitigéirí)
- pharmacist, druggist, chemist, apothecary
- Synonym: cógaiseoir
Declension[edit]
Declension of poitigéir
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms[edit]
- poitigéireacht f (“pharmaceutics”)
- siopa poitigéara m (“chemist's, pharmacy”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
poitigéir | phoitigéir | bpoitigéir |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “potecaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “poitigéir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “poitigéir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “poitigéir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms suffixed with -éir
- Irish terms derived from Old French
- Irish terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Irish terms derived from Latin
- Irish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish third-declension nouns
- ga:Healthcare occupations
- ga:Pharmacy