onoir

See also: onóir

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish onóir, anóir, from Old French honor, from Latin honor.

Noun

onoir f

  1. honour, dignity, honesty, integrity, magnanimity
  2. honour, esteem, respect, reverence
  3. fame, renown

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
onoirn-onoirh-onoirt-onoir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • onóir” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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