saorga
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish saerda, from saer (“artificer”). By surface analysis, saor + -ga.
Adjective edit
saorga (not comparable)
- artificial
- Synonym: bréige
- manmade
- Synonym: de dhéantús an duine
Declension edit
Declension of saorga
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | saorga | shaorga | saorga; shaorga² | |
| Vocative | shaorga | saorga | ||
| Genitive | saorga | saorga | saorga | |
| Dative | saorga; shaorga¹ |
shaorga | saorga; shaorga² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| saorga | shaorga after an, tsaorga |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saorga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “saorga” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “saorga” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “saerda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language