saíre

See also: Sáíre and şaire

Old Irish

Etymology

sóer +‎ -e

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsai̯.rʲe/

Noun

saíre f

freedom
the quality of being noble, nobility

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	saíre^L	saíri^L	saíri
vocative	saíre^L	saíri^L	saíri
accusative	saíri^N	saíri^L	saíri
genitive	saíre	saíre^L	saíre^N
dative	saíri^L	saírib	saírib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of *saíre*
radical	lenition	nasalization
saíre	ṡaíre	saíre

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

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saíre”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language