sagart

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sacart, from Latin sacerdōs.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

sagart m (genitive singular sagairt, nominative plural sagairt)

  1. priest
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 197:
      Chuaidh sí go dtí uncail di a bhí i n‑a shagart san bhaile mhór agus fuair sí uaidh sórt éide agus giúrléidí beaga éigin eile.
      She went to an uncle of hers who was a priest in the city and from him she got a variety of vestments and some other small accessories.

Declension
Declension of sagart

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sagart sagairt
Vocative a shagairt a shagarta
Genitive sagairt sagart
Dative sagart sagairt

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an sagart na sagairt
Genitive an tsagairt na sagart
Dative leis an sagart

don sagart

 leis na sagairt

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sagart shagart
after an, tsagart		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sacart”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 40

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish sacart, from Latin sacerdōs.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈs̪akərʃt/

Noun

sagart m (genitive singular sagairt, plural sagartan or sagairtean)

  1. (Christianity) chaplain, priest
  2. (Lewis) ram with one of its testicles wanting

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
sagartshagart
after "an", t-sagart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “sagart”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sacart”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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