athchaora

Irish

Etymology

From ath- +‎ caora (“ewe; sheep”).

Noun

athchaora f (genitive singular athchaorach, nominative plural athchaoirigh)

1. two-year-old ewe

   Synonym: athfhóisc

Declension

Declension of athchaora (fifth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative athchaora athchaoirigh vocative a athchaora a athchaoirigh genitive athchaorach athchaorach dative athchaora athchaoraigh (archaic, dialectal) athchaoirigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an athchaora na hathchaoirigh genitive na hathchaorach na n-athchaorach dative leis an athchaora leis an athchaoraigh (archaic, dialectal) don athchaora don athchaoraigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na hathchaoirigh

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “athchaora”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN