úirí
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See also: uirí
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish uirge (“testicle”), from Proto-Celtic *orgyā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órǵʰis. Cognates include Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis), Old Armenian որձիք (orjikʻ, “testicles”), Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌 (ərəzi), and Hittite [script needed] (arkiš).
Noun
úirí f (genitive singular úirí, nominative plural úiríocha)
Declension
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Synonyms
- magairle m
Mutation
radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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úirí | n-úirí | húirí | t-úirí |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “úirí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uirge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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