Salvadóir

Irish

Etymology

From Spanish El Salvador (literally “the Saviour”).

Proper noun

An tSalvadóir f (genitive na Salvadóire)

1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)

Usage notes

• Always preceded by the definite article.

Declension

Declension of Salvadóir

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Salvadóir Vocative a Shalvadóir Genitive Salvadóire Dative Salvadóir

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an tSalvadóir Genitive na Salvadóire Dative leis an tSalvadóir don tSalvadóir

Derived terms

• Salvadórach (“Salvadoran”, adjective)
• Salvadórach m (“Salvadoran”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “tSalvadóir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• El Salvador at Focal.ie, Foras na Gaeilge (2013).