saighdeoir
See also: Saighdeoir
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish saigteóir (“archer, soldier”), from saiget (“arrow”) (compare modern saighead), from Latin sagitta. By surface analysis, saighead + -óir. Doublet of saighdiúir (“soldier”).
Noun
saighdeoir m (genitive singular saighdeora, nominative plural saighdeoirí)
Declension
Declension of saighdeoir
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- saighdeoireacht (“archery”)
- an Saighdeoir (“Sagittarius”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| saighdeoir | shaighdeoir after an, tsaighdeoir |
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “saigteóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saighdeoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “saighdeoir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “saighdeoir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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