abhlóir
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish oblóir, ablóir, oblaire m (“juggler”), possibly from obull (“juggler's ball”), a variant of ubull (“apple”) (compare modern úll).
Noun
abhlóir m (genitive singular abhlóra, nominative plural abhlóirí)
- buffoon, fool; boor
- confused, bewildered, person
Declension
Declension of abhlóir
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- abhlóireacht f (“(act of) clowning, playing the fool; buffoonery”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| abhlóir | n-abhlóir | habhlóir | t-abhlóir |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 10, page 8
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abhlóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “oblóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “oblaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “abhlóir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “abhlóir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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