faillitheoir

Irish

Etymology

From failligh +‎ -itheoir.

Noun

faillitheoir m (genitive singular faillitheora, nominative plural faillitheoirí)

1. negligent person
2. (finance, law) defaulter

   Synonyms: loiceach, mainnitheoir

Declension

Declension of faillitheoir (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative faillitheoir faillitheoirí vocative a fhaillitheoir a fhaillitheoirí genitive faillitheora faillitheoirí dative faillitheoir faillitheoirí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an faillitheoir na faillitheoirí genitive an fhaillitheora na bhfaillitheoirí dative leis an bhfaillitheoir don fhaillitheoir leis na faillitheoirí

Related terms

• faillí
• faillitheach
• faillitheacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of faillitheoir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
faillitheoir	fhaillitheoir	bhfaillitheoir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “faillitheoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “faillitheoir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025