saighdiúir

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish saigteóir (archer, soldier),[1] from saiget (arrow) (compare modern saighead), from Latin sagitta. Doublet of saighdeoir (archer, bowman)).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

saighdiúir m (genitive singular saighdiúra, nominative plural saighdiúirí)

  1. soldier

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “saigteóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 85
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 64

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