-adair

Adair adáir Scottish Gaelic Etymology From gd sga -atóir, from gd la -ātor. Cognate with ga -adóir and gv -der. Pronunciation gd [ətɛrʲ] [ətɪrʲ] Suffix gd suffix Forming nouns from nouns and adjectives with the sense of ‘person or thing connected or involved with, belonging to, having’ seinn ("sing") → seinne ("singing") + -adair → gd seinneadair ("singer") cluich ("play", "performance") → cluiche ("playing", "performing") + -adair → gd cluicheadair ("player", "actor") aoir ("lampoon", "satire") → aoire ("lampooning") + -adair → gd aoireadair ("satirist") Forming nouns from verbs with the sense of ‘person or thing which does’ leugh ("read") + -adair → gd leughadair ("reader") sgrìobh ("write") + -adair → gd sgrìobhadair ("writer") Derived terms gd See also gd -iche gd -air gd -ear gd -aire