adhlacóir

Irish

Etymology

From adhlaic (“bury”, verb) +‎ -óir (agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): [əil̪ˠəˈkoːɾʲ]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈəil̪ˠəkoːɾʲ]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈəil̪ˠəkɔɾʲ]

Noun

adhlacóir m (genitive singular adhlacóra, nominative plural adhlacóirí)

1. undertaker, funeral director

   Synonyms: adhlacanach, anlacanaí

Declension

Declension of adhlacóir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative adhlacóir adhlacóirí vocative a adhlacóir a adhlacóirí genitive adhlacóra adhlacóirí dative adhlacóir adhlacóirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-adhlacóir na hadhlacóirí genitive an adhlacóra na n-adhlacóirí dative leis an adhlacóir don adhlacóir leis na hadhlacóirí

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhlacóir

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhlacóir	n-adhlacóir	hadhlacóir	t-adhlacóir

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhlacóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adhlacóir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “adhlacóir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024