óiréal

Irish

Etymology

Ultimately from Old French oriol, from Latin aureolus, probably via English.

Noun

óiréal m (genitive singular óiréil, nominative plural óiréil)

  1. oriole

Declension

Declension of óiréal (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative óiréal óiréil
vocative a óiréil a óiréala
genitive óiréil óiréal
dative óiréal óiréil
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-óiréal na hóiréil
genitive an óiréil na n-óiréal
dative leis an óiréal
don óiréal 		leis na hóiréil

Derived terms

  • óiréal órga m (“golden oriole”)
  • óiréal tuaisceartach m (“Baltimore oriole”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of óiréal
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
óiréal n-óiréal hóiréal t-óiréal

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

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “oiréal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 816; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “óiréal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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