longaire

Irish

Etymology

From long (“to eat, swallow”) +‎ -aire.

Noun

longaire m (genitive singular longaire, nominative plural longairí)

(rare) glutton
Synonyms: sutha, amplóir, craosaire

Declension

Declension of longaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	longaire	longairí
Vocative	a longaire	a longairí
Genitive	longaire	longairí
Dative	longaire	longairí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an longaire	na longairí
Genitive	an longaire	na longairí
Dative	leis an longaire don longaire	leis na longairí

Further reading

Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “longaire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 445
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “longaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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