saibhir
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish saidbir (“rich, wealthy”) (opposed to daidbir (“poor, indigent; feeble”), modern daibhir).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]saibhir (genitive singular masculine saibhir, genitive singular feminine saibhre, plural saibhre, comparative saibhre)
Declension
[edit]Declension of saibhir
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | saibhir | shaibhir | saibhre; shaibhre² | |
Vocative | shaibhir | saibhre | ||
Genitive | saibhre | saibhre | saibhir | |
Dative | saibhir; shaibhir¹ |
shaibhir | saibhre; shaibhre² | |
Comparative | níos saibhre | |||
Superlative | is saibhre |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]saibhir m (genitive singular saibhir, nominative plural saibhre)
Declension
[edit]Declension of saibhir
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
saibhir | shaibhir after an, tsaibhir |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saidbir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 59, page 31
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 83, page 34
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saibhir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “saiḋḃir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 586
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “saibhir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “saibhir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024