saighdear

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish saigteóir (archer, soldier) (compare Irish saighdiúir, saighdeoir), from saiget (arrow) (modern Scottish Gaelic saighead), from Latin sagitta (arrow).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

saighdear m (genitive singular saighdeir, plural saighdearan)

  1. soldier
  2. archer
    Synonym: boghadair

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
saighdear shaighdear
after "an", t-saighdear
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.