airí

airí

See also: airi, Airi, airī, and áirí

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈæɾʲi/[1]

Etymology 1

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Noun

airí m (genitive singular airí, nominative plural airíonna)

1. symptom
2. attribute, characteristic, property

Declension

Declension of airí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative airí airíonna Vocative a airí a airíonna Genitive airí airíonna Dative airí airíonna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-airí na hairíonna Genitive an airí na n-airíonna Dative leis an airí don airí leis na hairíonna

Alternative forms

• airdhe f
• araí f

Etymology 2

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Noun

airí f (genitive singular airí)

1. (in phrases) plenty (of)

Declension

Declension of airí

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative airí Vocative a airí Genitive airí Dative airí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an airí Genitive na hairí Dative leis an airí don airí

Etymology 3

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Noun

airí f (genitive singular airí)

1. desert (that which is deserved or merited)
2. deserving person

Declension

Declension of airí

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative airí Vocative a airí Genitive airí Dative airí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an airí Genitive na hairí Dative leis an airí don airí

Derived terms

• anairí (“undeserving, ungrateful, person”)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

airí m pl

1. plural of aire (“government minister”)

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

airí

1. inflection of aireach:
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “airí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “airí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “airí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

References

1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32