asarlaí

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish asarlaige, a variant of astrolaic (“astrologer; wizard, sorcerer”), from Latin astrologus, from Ancient Greek ἀστρολόγος (astrológos).

Noun

asarlaí m (genitive singular asarlaí, nominative plural asarlaithe)

1. enchanter, magician, medicine man, necromancer, sorcerer, powwow, witch doctor, wizard
2. conjurer, trickster
3. Alternative form of astralaí (“astrologer”)

Declension

Declension of asarlaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative asarlaí asarlaithe Vocative a asarlaí a asarlaithe Genitive asarlaí asarlaithe Dative asarlaí asarlaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-asarlaí na hasarlaithe Genitive an asarlaí na n-asarlaithe Dative leis an asarlaí don asarlaí leis na hasarlaithe

Derived terms

• asarlaíocht f (“sorcery; conjuring tricks”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• 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