oisre

Irish

Alternative forms

oisir (Ulster)
eisir, eistre, oisridh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman oistre, from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon).

Noun

oisre m (genitive singular oisre, nominative plural oisrí)

oyster

Declension

Declension of oisre

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oisre	oisrí
Vocative	a oisre	a oisrí
Genitive	oisre	oisrí
Dative	oisre	oisrí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-oisre	na hoisrí
Genitive	an oisre	na n-oisrí
Dative	leis an oisre don oisre	leis na hoisrí

Derived terms

Mutation

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

Further reading

“oisre”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “oisre”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “oisre”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 531
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oisre”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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