-atóir

Old Irish Etymology From sga la -ātor. Cognate with br,cy -adur. Suffix 1 m Suffix appended to words to create an agent noun. sga tuigithir to cover tugatóir thatcher Usage notes Not very productive in Old Irish, as it is found chiefly in words borrowed from Latin as a whole, e.g. sga preceptóir < la praeceptor, sga dictatóir < la dictātor, sga senatóir < la senātor. Formations using native roots, such as sga tugatóir thatcher from sga tuigithir to cover are rare; but the suffix becomes increasingly productive in Middle Irish and the modern languages. Declension -atór m Derived terms sga Descendants gv -der gd -adair ga -adóir Further reading 172 269