Sáír

See also: sair, saír, sáir, Şair, şair, and sāir

Irish

Etymology

From English Zaire.

Proper noun

An tSáír f (genitive na Sáíre)

1. (historical) Zaire

   Synonym: Poblacht na Sáíre

Declension

Declension of Sáír

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Sáír Vocative a Sháír Genitive Sáíre Dative Sáír

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an tSáír Genitive na Sáíre Dative leis an tSáír don tSáír

Related terms

• Congó na Beilge m (“the Belgian Congo”)
• Poblacht Dhaonlathach an Chongó f (“the Democratic Republic of the Congo”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Sáír	Sháír after an, tSáír	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Entries containing “tSáír” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.