moltóir

Irish

Etymology

From mol +‎ -tóir.

Noun

moltóir m (genitive singular moltóra, nominative plural moltóirí)

  1. adjudicator, judge (of a contest, etc.)
    Bhain mé an-sult a bheith mar mholtóir don chomórtas.
    I greatly enjoyed being a judge for the competition.
  2. (sports) referee, umpire
    Synonym: réiteoir
  3. referee (person who writes a letter of reference)

Declension
Declension of moltóir

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative moltóir moltóirí
Vocative a mholtóir a mholtóirí
Genitive moltóra moltóirí
Dative moltóir moltóirí

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an moltóir na moltóirí
Genitive an mholtóra na moltóirí
Dative leis an moltóir

don mholtóir

 leis na moltóirí

Derived terms
  • moltóireacht f (“adjudication”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
moltóir mholtóir not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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