uiliteoir

Irish

Etymology

uile (“all”) +‎ -teoir (“-er”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪlʲətʲoːɾʲ/

Noun

uiliteoir m (genitive singular uiliteóra, nominative plural uiliteoirí)

1. omnivore (person who eats both meat and plants)

Declension

Declension of uiliteoir

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative uiliteoir uiliteoirí Vocative a uiliteoir a uiliteoirí Genitive uiliteóra uiliteoirí Dative uiliteoir uiliteoirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-uiliteoir na huiliteoirí Genitive an uiliteóra na n-uiliteoirí Dative leis an uiliteoir don uiliteoir leis na huiliteoirí

Related terms

• uiliteach (“omnivorous”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uiliteoir	n-uiliteoir	huiliteoir	t-uiliteoir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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