cainteoir

See also: cáinteoir

Irish

Etymology

From caint +‎ -óir.

Pronunciation

Noun

cainteoir m (genitive singular cainteora, nominative plural cainteoirí)

  1. speaker (one who speaks)

Declension

Declension of cainteoir (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cainteoir cainteoirí
vocative a chainteoir a chainteoirí
genitive cainteora cainteoirí
dative cainteoir cainteoirí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cainteoir na cainteoirí
genitive an chainteora na gcainteoirí
dative leis an gcainteoir
don chainteoir 		leis na cainteoirí

Derived terms

  • cainteoir aonaigh (“stump orator”)
  • cainteoir dúchais (“native speaker”)
  • cainteoir líofa (“fluent speaker”)
  • cainteoir spreagúil (“motivational speaker”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cainteoir
radical lenition eclipsis
cainteoir chainteoir gcainteoir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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