saighdeoir
Appearance
See also: Saighdeoir
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]saighdeoir m (genitive singular saighdeora, nominative plural saighdeoirí)
Declension
[edit]
|
Derived terms
[edit]- saighdeoireacht (“archery”)
- an Saighdeoir (“Sagittarius”)
Mutation
[edit]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
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saigteóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saighdeoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “saighdeoir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “saighdeoir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024