asarlaí

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish asarlaige, a variant of astrolaic (“astrologer; wizard, sorcerer”), from Latin astrologus, from Ancient Greek ἀστρολόγος (astrológos).

Noun

asarlaí m (genitive singular asarlaí, nominative plural asarlaithe)

  1. enchanter, magician, medicine man, necromancer, sorcerer, powwow, witch doctor, wizard
  2. conjurer, trickster
  3. alternative form of astralaí (“astrologer”)

Declension

Declension of asarlaí (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative asarlaí asarlaithe
vocative a asarlaí a asarlaithe
genitive asarlaí asarlaithe
dative asarlaí asarlaithe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-asarlaí na hasarlaithe
genitive an asarlaí na n-asarlaithe
dative leis an asarlaí
don asarlaí 		leis na hasarlaithe

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of asarlaí
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
asarlaí n-asarlaí hasarlaí t-asarlaí

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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