rannaire

Irish

Etymology 1

    From roinn (“share”, verb) +‎ -aire (agent suffix).

    Noun

    rannaire m (genitive singular rannaire, nominative plural rannairí)

    1. (literary) food-distributor, carver

    Etymology 2

      From rann (“quatrain”) +‎ -aire (agent suffix).

      Noun

      rannaire m (genitive singular rannaire, nominative plural rannairí)

      1. versifier, rhymer
      Derived terms
      • rannaireacht f (“(act of) composing verses, rhyming; versification”)

      Declension

      Declension of rannaire (fourth declension)
      bare forms
      singular plural
      nominative rannaire rannairí
      vocative a rannaire a rannairí
      genitive rannaire rannairí
      dative rannaire rannairí
      forms with the definite article
      singular plural
      nominative an rannaire na rannairí
      genitive an rannaire na rannairí
      dative leis an rannaire
      don rannaire       		leis na rannairí

      Further reading

      • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “rannaire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 877; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
      • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “rannaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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