aimsitheoir

aimsitheoir

Irish

Etymology

From aimsigh (“aim; find, locate”, verb) +‎ -óir (agent suffix).

Noun

aimsitheoir m (genitive singular aimsitheora, nominative plural aimsitheoirí)

1. marksman
2. finder, locator
3. (electricity, optics) finder

Declension

Declension of aimsitheoir

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative aimsitheoir aimsitheoirí Vocative a aimsitheoir a aimsitheoirí Genitive aimsitheora aimsitheoirí Dative aimsitheoir aimsitheoirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aimsitheoir na haimsitheoirí Genitive an aimsitheora na n-aimsitheoirí Dative leis an aimsitheoir don aimsitheoir leis na haimsitheoirí

Derived terms

• aimsitheoireacht f (“marksmanship”)
• aimsitheoir uisce (“water-diviner”)

Mutation

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

References

• "aimsitheoir" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.