oiris
Irish
Noun
oiris f (genitive singular oirise)
- orris
Declension
Declension of oiris
Second declension
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- fréamh oirise (“orris-root”)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish airis, aires, oires (“(fore-)knowledge; tryst, assignation, arrangement to meet”).
Noun
oiris f (genitive singular oirise)
- (literary) arrangement to meet, appointment, tryst
Declension
Declension of oiris
Second declension
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article
|
Etymology 3
From Old Irish ar·sissedar (“stays, stands fast, rests, remains; halts, delays; endures, persists”), verbal noun airisem.
Verb
oiris (verbal noun oiriseamh)
- (intransitive, literary) stay, stop; wait, delay
Alternative forms
- airis
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
oiris m
- genitive singular of oireas (“record (of events); history”)
Verb
oiris
- second-person singular past indicative dependent of oir
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| oiris | n-oiris | hoiris | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "oiris" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “airis” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “ar-sissedar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.