rannaire

rannaire

Irish

Etymology 1

From roinn (“share”, verb) +‎ -aire (agent suffix)

Noun

rannaire m (genitive singular rannaire, nominative plural rannairí)

1. (literary) food-distributor, carver

Etymology 2

From rann (“quatrain; stanza, verse”) +‎ -aire (agent suffix).

Noun

rannaire m (genitive singular rannaire, nominative plural rannairí)

1. versifier, rhymer

Derived terms

• rannaireacht f (“(act of) composing verses, rhyming; versification”)

Related terms

• rannaíocht f (“versification; form of verse”)

Declension

Declension of rannaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative rannaire rannairí Vocative a rannaire a rannairí Genitive rannaire rannairí Dative rannaire rannairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an rannaire na rannairí Genitive an rannaire na rannairí Dative leis an rannaire don rannaire leis na rannairí

References

• "rannaire" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.