ropaire

Irish

Alternative forms

rapaire, ropadóir

Etymology

From rop (“thrust, stab”, verb) +‎ -aire (agent noun suffix).

Noun

ropaire m (genitive singular ropaire, nominative plural ropairí)

thruster, stabber; violent person
cut-purse, robber; scoundrel
(historical) rapparee
(historical) rap (any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century)

Declension

Declension of ropaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ropaire	ropairí
Vocative	a ropaire	a ropairí
Genitive	ropaire	ropairí
Dative	ropaire	ropairí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an ropaire	na ropairí
Genitive	an ropaire	na ropairí
Dative	leis an ropaire don ropaire	leis na ropairí

Derived terms

ropaire (bóthair) (“highwayman”)
ropaire gaid, ropaire an ghaid (“gallows-bird”)
ropaire mná (“virago”)
ropaire taisceadán (“safe-breaker, safecracker”)
ropaire tí (“house-breaker”)
ropaireacht (“stabbing, violence; snatching, thieving; villainy”)

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ropaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “ropaire” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “ropaire” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.