saoi

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish suí.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˠiː/

Noun

saoi m (genitive singular saoi, nominative plural saoithe)

  1. sage (wise person)

Declension

Declension of saoi (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative saoi saoithe
vocative a shaoi a shaoithe
genitive saoi saoithe
dative saoi saoithe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an saoi na saoithe
genitive an tsaoi na saoithe
dative leis an saoi
don saoi 		leis na saoithe

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • níl saoi gan locht (“to err is human”)
  • saoithiúil

Mutation

Mutated forms of saoi
radical lenition eclipsis
saoi shaoi
after an, tsaoi 		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), “suí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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