úinéir

Irish

Alternative forms

úinéara (Cois Fharraige)
únaeir

Etymology

Borrowed from English owner, assimilated to the suffix -éir.

Noun

úinéir m (genitive singular úinéara, nominative plural úinéirí)

owner, proprietor

Declension

Declension of úinéir

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	úinéir	úinéirí
Vocative	a úinéir	a úinéirí
Genitive	úinéara	úinéirí
Dative	úinéir	úinéirí

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-úinéir	na húinéirí
Genitive	an úinéara	na n-úinéirí
Dative	leis an úinéir don úinéir	leis na húinéirí

Derived terms

úinéireacht (“ownership, proprietorship”)
úinéir tairbhiúil (“beneficial owner”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

"úinéir" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “úinéir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “úinéir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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