saighdiúir

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish saigteóir (“archer, soldier”),[1] from saiget (“arrow”) (compare modern saighead), from Latin sagitta. Doublet of saighdeoir (“archer, bowman”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

saighdiúir m (genitive singular saighdiúra, nominative plural saighdiúirí)

  1. soldier

Declension

Declension of saighdiúir (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative saighdiúir saighdiúirí
vocative a shaighdiúir a shaighdiúirí
genitive saighdiúra saighdiúirí
dative saighdiúir saighdiúirí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an saighdiúir na saighdiúirí
genitive an tsaighdiúra na saighdiúirí
dative leis an saighdiúir
don saighdiúir 		leis na saighdiúirí

Derived terms

  • saighdiúir coise (“foot soldier”)
  • saighdiúir innealtóireachta (“engineer”, literally “soldier of engineering”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of saighdiúir
radical lenition eclipsis
saighdiúir shaighdiúir
after an, tsaighdiúir 		not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saigteóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 165, page 85
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 171, page 64

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