camhaoir

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish camáir.

Noun

camhaoir f (genitive singular camhaoire or camhaoireach)

1. daybreak

Declension

Declension of camhaoir

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative camhaoir Vocative a chamhaoir Genitive camhaoire Dative camhaoir

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an chamhaoir Genitive na camhaoire Dative leis an gcamhaoir don chamhaoir

Declension of camhaoir

Fifth declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative camhaoir Vocative a chamhaoir Genitive camhaoireach Dative camhaoir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an chamhaoir Genitive na camhaoireach Dative leis an gcamhaoir don chamhaoir

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
camhaoir	chamhaoir	gcamhaoir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “camhaoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), chapter 8086, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language