uirrí

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish airrí (tributary king, chieftain; viceroy, governor), from (king).

Noun

uirrí m (genitive singular uirrí, nominative plural uirrithe)

  1. (historical) tributary king

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
uirrí n-uirrí huirrí t-uirrí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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