saighead

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish saiget, from Latin sagitta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˠəid̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /sˠeːd̪ˠ/, (older) /sˠɤːd̪ˠ/[1]

Noun

saighead f (genitive singular saighde, nominative plural saigheada)

  1. arrow (projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow)
  2. A punctuation mark of the Ogham alphabet, an arrow-shaped marking at the bottom of a line of Ogham indicating the direction—bottom to top—to read.

Declension

Declension of saighead (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative saighead saigheada
vocative a shaighead a shaigheada
genitive saighde saighead
dative saighead saigheada
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tsaighead na saigheada
genitive na saighde na saighead
dative leis an tsaighead
don tsaighead 		leis na saigheada

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of saighead
radical lenition eclipsis
saighead shaighead
after an, tsaighead 		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. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 70, page 30

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish saiget, from Latin sagitta.

Pronunciation

Noun

saighead f (genitive singular saighde, plural saighdean)

  1. (archery) arrow
    Synonym: gath
    Chuir an boghadair saighead. ― The archer fired an arrow.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of saighead
radical lenition
saighead shaighead
after "an", t-saighead

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

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. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 16
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