argthóir

== Irish == === Alternative forms === airgtheoir === Etymology === From Middle Irish airctheóir (“reaver, plunderer”), from Old Irish orcaid (“kills, slays; despoils, ravages, devastates”, verb). By surface analysis, arg (“destroy, plunder”, transitive verb) +‎ -tóir (agent noun suffix). === Noun === argthóir m (genitive singular argthóra, nominative plural argthóirí) destroyer, plunderer Synonym: airgtheach ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “argthóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “airctheóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language