bó-aire

== Irish == === Alternative forms === bóaire === Etymology === bó (“cow”) +‎ aire (“nobleman”); however, the fourth-declension inflection pattern suggests it has been reinterpreted as containing the agentive suffix -aire === Noun === bó-aire m (genitive singular bó-aire or bó-aireach, nominative plural bó-airí or bó-aireacha) (historical) cattleman, cowman ==== Declension ==== As a fourth-declension noun: As a fifth-declension noun: === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bóaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bó-aire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN