-tóir

See also: toir and tóir

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish, from Latin -tor.

Suffix

-tóir m

  1. -er (suffix appended to words to create an agent noun, indicating a person who does (or a thing that does) something)
    ‎múin (“teach”, verb) + ‎-tóir → ‎múinteoir (“teacher”)
    ‎inneall (“engine”, noun) + ‎-tóir → ‎innealtóir (“engineer”)

Declension
Declension of -tóir

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative -tóir -tóirí
Vocative a -tóir a -tóirí
Genitive -tóra -tóirí
Dative -tóir -tóirí

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an -tóir na -tóirí
Genitive an -tóra na -tóirí
Dative leis an -tóir

don -tóir

 leis na -tóirí

Derived terms
Irish terms suffixed with -tóir
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