saaughe

Yola

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish sách (“satisfied”), from Old Irish sáithech, sáthach.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑːx/
  • IPA(key): /saːx/ (spelled saak)[2]

Adjective

saaughe

  1. comfortable, at ease[3]
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Myne saaughe.
      Very comfortable.

References

  1. ^ Raymond Hickey (2007) “The antiquarian temptation: Forth and Bargy”, in Irish English: History and present-day forms, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
  2. ^ Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990) “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review‎[1], volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 160
  3. ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 66
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