aoir

aoir

Irish

Alternative forms

• aor

Etymology

From Old Irish áer f (“cutting, incising; act of satirising, lampooning, defaming; (maledictory) satire, lampoon”).

Noun

aoir f (genitive singular aoire, nominative plural aortha)

1. lampoon, satire

Declension

Declension of aoir

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aoir aortha Vocative a aoir a aortha Genitive aoire aortha Dative aoir aortha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an aoir na haortha Genitive na haoire na n-aortha Dative leis an aoir don aoir leis na haortha

Related terms

• aor (“satirize, lampoon”, transitive verb)
• aorach (“satirical”, adjective)
• aorachas (“(act of) satirizing, fault-finding; lampoonery”)
• aorthóir (“satirist, lampooner”)

 

Mutation

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

References

• “áer” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Further reading

• "aoir" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “lampoon” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• “satire” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish áer f (“cutting, incising; act of satirising, lampooning, defaming; (maledictory) satire, lampoon”).

Noun

aoir f (genitive singular aoire, plural aoirean)

1. satire

References

• “áer” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.