saighdeoireacht

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish saigteóracht, from saigteóir (“archer”), from saiget (“arrow”), from Latin sagitta. Equivalent to saighdeoir (“archer”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

saighdeoireacht f (genitive singular saighdeoireachta)

1. archery

Declension

Declension of saighdeoireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative saighdeoireacht Vocative a shaighdeoireacht Genitive saighdeoireachta Dative saighdeoireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an tsaighdeoireacht Genitive na saighdeoireachta Dative leis an tsaighdeoireacht don tsaighdeoireacht

Synonyms

• boghdóireacht

Related terms

• bogha (“bow”)
• boghdóir (“archer”)
• saighead (“arrow”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saigteóracht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saighdeoireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “saighdeoireacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024