onóir

See also: onoir

Irish

Alternative forms

anáir

Etymology

From Middle Irish onóir, from Old French honor, from Latin honor.

Noun

onóir f (genitive singular onóra, nominative plural onóracha)

honour

Declension

Declension of onóir

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	onóir	onóracha
Vocative	a onóir	a onóracha
Genitive	onóra	onóracha
Dative	onóir	onóracha

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an onóir	na honóracha
Genitive	na honóra	na n-onóracha
Dative	leis an onóir don onóir	leis na honóracha

Derived terms

onórach (“honourable, upright; honoured, esteemed; honorary”, adjective)
onóraigh (“honour”, transitive verb)

Verb

onóir

(transitive) Alternative form of onóraigh (“honour”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

"onóir" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“onóir” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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