saighdeoir
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish saigteóir (“archer, soldier”), from saiget (“arrow”) (compare modern saighead), from Latin sagitta. Synchronically analyzable as saighead + -óir. Doublet of saighdiúir (“soldier”).
Noun
saighdeoir m (genitive singular saighdeora, nominative plural saighdeoirí)
Declension
Declension of saighdeoir
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- an Saighdeoir (“Sagittarius”)
- saighdeoireacht (“archery”)
Related terms
- bogha (“bow”)
- boghdóireacht (“archery”)
- saighead (“arrow”)
- truaill saighead (“quiver”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
saighdeoir | shaighdeoir after an, tsaighdeoir |
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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), “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