oidhre

Irish

Alternative forms

eidhre, eighre (obsolete)
oighre

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈəiɾʲə/

Noun

oidhre m (genitive singular oidhre, nominative plural oidhrí)

heir

Declension

Declension of oidhre

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oidhre	oidhrí
Vocative	a oidhre	a oidhrí
Genitive	oidhre	oidhrí
Dative	oidhre	oidhrí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-oidhre	na hoidhrí
Genitive	an oidhre	na n-oidhrí
Dative	leis an oidhre don oidhre	leis na hoidhrí

Alternative plural: oidhreacha (Aran)

Coordinate terms

banoidhre (“heiress”)

Related terms

oidhreacht (“heritage; heredity; inheritance”)

Mutation

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.

Further reading

“eigre, oigre, eiger, eigir, oigir” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“oiġre” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 527.
Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 5.
"oidhre" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “oidhre” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “oidhre” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

“oidhre” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.

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