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aoir

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aoir f (genitive singular aoire, nominative plural aortha)

  1. lampoon, satire

Declension

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

Mutation

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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

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Further reading

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  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “lampoon”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • “satire”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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

Noun

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aoir f (genitive singular aoire, plural aoirean)

  1. satire

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