aistire

aistire

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aistire (“doorkeeper in a monastery”), from Latin ostiārius (“porter, doorman”).

Noun

aistire m (genitive singular aistire, nominative plural aistirí)

1. (ecclesiastical) porter

Declension

Declension of aistire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aistire aistirí Vocative a aistire a aistirí Genitive aistire aistirí Dative aistire aistirí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aistire na haistirí Genitive an aistire na n-aistirí Dative leis an aistire don aistire leis na haistirí

Alternative forms

• aistreoir

Noun

aistire f sg

1. genitive singular of aistear

Mutation

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

References

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