Irish

Alternative forms

• -teoir (slender form)
• -thóir
• -adóir

Suffix

-tóir m

1. -er (suffix appended to words to create an agent noun, indicating a person who does (or a thing that does) something)

   múin ‎(“teach”, verb) + ‎-tóir → ‎múinteoir ‎(“teacher”)

   inneal ‎(“engine”, noun) + ‎-tóir → ‎innealtóir ‎(“engineer”)

Declension

Usage notes

• All nouns in -tóir are masculine nouns of the third declension;
• The form is -teoir for roots ending in a slender consonant.

Derived terms