asarlaí
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish asarlaige, a variant of astrolaic (“astrologer; wizard, sorcerer”), from Latin astrologus, from Ancient Greek ἀστρολόγος (astrológos).
Noun
editasarlaí m (genitive singular asarlaí, nominative plural asarlaithe)
- enchanter, magician, medicine man, necromancer, sorcerer, powwow, witch doctor, wizard
- conjurer, trickster
- Alternative form of astralaí (“astrologer”)
Declension
editDeclension of asarlaí
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
edit- asarlaíocht f (“sorcery; conjuring tricks”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
asarlaí | n-asarlaí | hasarlaí | t-asarlaí |
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) “asarlaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “asarlaige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “astrolaic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “asarlaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “asarlaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- “asarlaí”, in The National Terminology Database for Irish, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU and Foras na Gaeilge, 2006–2024