saidhbhir

Irish

Adjective

saidhbhir (genitive singular masculine saidhbhir, genitive singular feminine saidhbhre, plural saidhbhre, comparative saidhbhre)

  1. superseded spelling of saibhir (“rich”)

Declension

Declension of saibhir
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative saibhir shaibhir saibhre;
shaibhre2
vocative shaibhir saibhre
genitive saibhre saibhre saibhir
dative saibhir;
shaibhir1 		shaibhir saibhre;
shaibhre2
Comparative níos saibhre
Superlative is saibhre

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

saidhbhir m (genitive singular saidhbhir, nominative plural saidhbhre)

  1. superseded spelling of saibhir

Declension

Declension of saidhbhir (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative saidhbhir saidhbhre
vocative a shaidhbhir a shaidhbhre
genitive saidhbhir saidhbhre
dative saidhbhir saidhbhre
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an saidhbhir na saidhbhre
genitive an tsaidhbhir na saidhbhre
dative leis an saidhbhir
don saidhbhir 		leis na saidhbhre

Mutation

Mutated forms of saidhbhir
radical lenition eclipsis
saidhbhir shaidhbhir
after an, tsaidhbhir 		not applicable

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

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • saoibhir

Pronunciation

Adjective

saidhbhir (comparative saidhbhire or saidhbhre)

  1. wealthy, affluent, opulent

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902) “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99‎[2], Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
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