sáirsint

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English sergeant.

Noun

sáirsint m (genitive singular sáirsint, nominative plural sáirsintí)

1. (military) sergeant

Declension

Declension of sáirsint

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative sáirsint sáirsintí Vocative a sháirsint a sháirsintí Genitive sáirsint sáirsintí Dative sáirsint sáirsintí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an sáirsint na sáirsintí Genitive an tsáirsint na sáirsintí Dative leis an sáirsint don sáirsint leis na sáirsintí

Derived terms

• bratsáirsint (“colour-sergeant”)
• maorsháirsint
• sáirsint druileála
• sáirsint liostála (“recruiting sergeant”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “sáirsint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “sáirsint” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “sáirsint” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.