aoire

From Middle Irish áegaire, from Old Irish augaire (“shepherd, herdsman”).^[1]

• aodhaire, aoghaire (superseded)

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈeːɾʲə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈiːɾʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈiːɣəɾʲə/, (older) /ˈɯːɣəɾʲə/^[2] (corresponding to the form aoghaire)

aoire m (genitive singular aoire, nominative plural aoirí)

1. shepherd; herdsman
2. (politics) whip (party policy enforcer)

• (shepherd): tréadaí
• (herdsman): feighlí bó, maor

• banaoire (“shepherdess”)

• aoirigh (“shepherd, herd”, transitive verb)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aoire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈeːɾʲə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈiːɾʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈiːɾʲə/, (older) /ˈɯːɾʲə/

aoire f

1. genitive singular of aoir

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

aoire f

1. genitive singular of aoir