saordha
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish saerda, from saer (“freeman; artificer”).
Adjective[edit]
saordha
- (literary) noble
- 1700, Aodhagán Ó Rathaille, Dánta Aodhagáin Uí Rathaille, "Ar Bhás Sheagháin Mheirgigh Uí Mhathaghamhna":
- Do réir a chumais, dar Muiris níor bhréag san / Ná raibh diuic ná prionnsa i nÉirinn / Triath ná easpog, sagart ná cléireach/ Do b'fhearr 'ná Seaghán i gcáilibh saordha.
- According to his means, by Muiris it is no falsehood / There were neither duke nor prince in Erin / Nor chieftain, nor bishop, nor priest, nor scholar / Who surpassed John in noble attributes.
- Alternative form of saorga (“artificial”).
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| saordha | shaordha after an, tsaordha |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saordha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “saerda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language