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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Derived terms

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Mutation

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

Further reading

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