poitigéir
Irish
Etymology
An alteration of Middle Irish potecaire (assimilated to the suffix -éir), from Old French apotecaire, from Medieval Latin apothēcārius (“storekeeper”), from Latin apothēca (“repository, storehouse, warehouse”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “a repository, storehouse”).
Noun
poitigéir m (genitive singular poitigéara, nominative plural poitigéirí)
- pharmacist, druggist, chemist, apothecary
- Synonym: cógaiseoir
Declension
Declension of poitigéir
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- poitigéireacht f (“pharmaceutics”)
- siopa poitigéara m (“chemist's, pharmacy”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| poitigéir | phoitigéir | bpoitigéir |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “potecaire” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- "poitigéir" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “poitigéir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “poitigéir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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