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
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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As a fifth-declension noun:
Declension of bó-aire
Fifth declension
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
- “bóaire” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- "bó-aire" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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