saighead
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish saiget, from Latin sagitta.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsaighead f (genitive singular saighde, nominative plural saigheada)
- arrow (projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow)
- 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
editDeclension of saighead
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
saighead | shaighead after an, tsaighead |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 30
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish saiget, from Latin sagitta.
Noun
editsaighead f (genitive singular saighde, plural saighdean)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editMutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
saighead | shaighead after "an", t-saighead |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
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- Irish terms derived from Latin
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- ga:Archery
- ga:Weapons
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Latin
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic feminine nouns
- gd:Archery
- Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples
- gd:Weapons