-óir

oir OIr oír óir óír òir oïr -oir Irish Alternative forms ga -eoir slender form ga -itheoir used after verbs in ga -igh Etymology From ga sga -óir, borrowed from ga cel-bry-pro -ọr, from ga la -ārius. ga -aire.172 269 Suffix n m -er; suffix appended to words to create an agent noun, indicating a person who does (or a thing that does) something. ga bád boat bádóir boatman ga Béarla English Béarlóir Anglophone, English-speaker ga focal word foclóir dictionary ga loisc burn, scorch loisceoir incinerator Usage notes The form is -eoir when the stem ends in a slender consonant. All nouns in -óir are masculine nouns of the third declension; When attaching to verbs, may use the participle form as the stem: ga cuidigh help, pp. ga cuidithe cuiditheoir helper ga tréig to abandon, desert, pp. ga tréigthe tréigtheoir deserter ga tuismigh procreate, pp. ga tuismithe tuismitheoir parent or the verb stem: ga úsáid úsáideoir use user ga imir imreoir play player ga modhnaigh modhnóir moderate moderator Declension - óir óra óirí Derived terms ga References smaller Old Irish Etymology From sga cel-bry-pro -ọr, from sga la -ārius. sga -aire. Suffix sga suffix m Agentive suffix: -er, -or Derived terms sga Descendants ga -óir gd -air