saíthar

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • saíthor

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *saitrom, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey-tro-m, from *sh₂ey- (“to bind, fetter”) +‎ *-trom.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsaːi̯θar]

Noun

saíthar n (genitive saíthir, nominative plural saíthra)

  1. work, labour
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 10c21
      Ba torad sa⟨í⟩thir dúun in chrud so ce du·melmis cech túari et ce du·gnemmis a ndu·gníat ar céli, act ní bad nertad na mbráithre et frescsiu fochricce as móo.
      It would be a fruit of labor for us in this way if we consumed every food and if we did what our fellows do, but it would not be a strengthening of the brothers and a hope of a greater reward.

Declension

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative saítharN, saíthor saítharN, saíthor saítharL, saíthra
vocative saítharN, saíthor saítharN, saíthor saítharL, saíthra
accusative saítharN, saíthor saítharN, saíthor saítharL, saíthra
genitive saíthairL, saíthir saíthar, saíthor saítharN, saíthor
dative saíthurL saíthraib saíthraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: saethar

Mutation

Mutation of saíthar
radical lenition nasalization
saíthar ṡaíthar saíthar

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*saytro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 325

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