sáer
Old Irish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Celtic *saɸiros, from Proto-Indo-European *sapiros, from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“skill”).
Noun
editsáer m (genitive saír, nominative plural saír)
Inflection
editMasculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | sáer | sáerL | saírL |
Vocative | saír | sáerL | sáeruH |
Accusative | sáerN | sáerL | sáeruH |
Genitive | saírL | sáer | sáerN |
Dative | sáerL | sáeraib | sáeraib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
editDescendants
editEtymology 2
editAdjective
editsáer
- (late Old Irish) Alternative form of sóer (“free”)
Inflection
edito/ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | sáer | sáer | sáer |
Vocative | saír* sáer** | ||
Accusative | sáer | saír | |
Genitive | saír | saíre | saír |
Dative | sáer | saír | sáer |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | saír | sáera | |
Vocative | sáeru sáera† | ||
Accusative | sáeru sáera† | ||
Genitive | sáer | ||
Dative | sáeraib | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
Noun
editsáer m (genitive saír, nominative plural saír)
- (late Old Irish) Alternative form of sóer (“freeman, noble”)
Inflection
editMasculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | sáer | sáerL | saírL |
Vocative | saír | sáerL | sáeruH |
Accusative | sáerN | sáerL | sáeruH |
Genitive | saírL | sáer | sáerN |
Dative | sáerL | sáeraib | sáeraib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
sáer | ṡáer | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 saer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 saer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish nouns
- Old Irish masculine nouns
- Old Irish masculine o-stem nouns
- Old Irish adjectives
- Old Irish o/ā-stem adjectives