oibrí

oibrí

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈəibʲɾʲiː/

Etymology 1

obair +‎ -í

Alternative forms

• oibridhe (superseded)

Noun

oibrí m (genitive singular oibrí, nominative plural oibrithe)

1. worker (person who performs labor)

Declension

Declension of oibrí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative oibrí oibrithe Vocative a oibrí a oibrithe Genitive oibrí oibrithe Dative oibrí oibrithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-oibrí na hoibrithe Genitive an oibrí na n-oibrithe Dative leis an oibrí don oibrí leis na hoibrithe

Derived terms

• oibrí miotail

Mutation

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Alternative forms

• oibrighe (superseded)

Verb

oibrí

1. present subjunctive analytic of oibrigh

Mutation

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

References

• “oibrid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “oibriḋe” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1975, The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 377.
• "oibrí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.