saighdeoir

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Irish

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Etymology

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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

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saighdeoir m (genitive singular saighdeora, nominative plural saighdeoirí)

  1. archer, bowman
    Synonym: boghdóir

Declension

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Declension of saighdeoir (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative saighdeoir saighdeoirí
vocative a shaighdeoir a shaighdeoirí
genitive saighdeora saighdeoirí
dative saighdeoir saighdeoirí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an saighdeoir na saighdeoirí
genitive an tsaighdeora na saighdeoirí
dative leis an saighdeoir
don saighdeoir
leis na saighdeoirí

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of saighdeoir
radical lenition eclipsis
saighdeoir shaighdeoir
after an, tsaighdeoir
not applicable

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

Further reading

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