oiris

Irish

Noun

oiris f (genitive singular oirise)

  1. orris
Declension
Declension of oiris

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative oiris
Vocative a oiris
Genitive oirise
Dative oiris

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an oiris
Genitive na hoirise
Dative leis an oiris

don oiris

Derived terms
  • fréamh oirise (“orris-root”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish airis, aires, oires (“(fore-)knowledge; tryst, assignation, arrangement to meet”).

Noun

oiris f (genitive singular oirise)

  1. (literary) arrangement to meet, appointment, tryst
Declension
Declension of oiris

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative oiris
Vocative a oiris
Genitive oirise
Dative oiris

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an oiris
Genitive na hoirise
Dative leis an oiris

don oiris

Etymology 3

From Old Irish ar·sissedar (“stays, stands fast, rests, remains; halts, delays; endures, persists”), verbal noun airisem.

Verb

oiris (verbal noun oiriseamh)

  1. (intransitive, literary) stay, stop; wait, delay
Alternative forms

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

oiris m

  1. genitive singular of oireas (“record (of events); history”)

Verb

oiris

  1. second-person singular past indicative dependent of oir

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
oiris n-oiris hoiris not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "oiris" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “airis” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “ar-sissedar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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