aoghaire

Irish

Noun

aoghaire m (genitive singular aoghaire, nominative plural aoghairí)

1. Superseded spelling of aoire (“shepherd; pastor; (parliamentary) whip”).

Declension

Declension of aoghaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aoghaire aoghairí Vocative a aoghaire a aoghairí Genitive aoghaire aoghairí Dative aoghaire aoghairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aoghaire na haoghairí Genitive an aoghaire na n-aoghairí Dative leis an aoghaire don aoghaire leis na haoghairí

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aoḋaire, aoġaire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 32

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish áegaire, from Old Irish augaire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɯː.ɪɾʲə/

Noun

aoghaire m (genitive singular aoghaire, plural aoghairean)

1. herdsman, pastor, shepherd
2. pastor (ecclesiastical)

Derived terms

• aoghaireil (“pastoral, pertaining to a herdsman/pastor/shepherd”)
• aoghaireach (“pastoral, pertaining to a herdsman/pastor/shepherd”)

Mutation

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