sár-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sar"

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sár (“exceeding, excellent, very”), from sár m (“outrage, insult, humiliation, discomfiture, defeat; act of excelling, exceeding; that which excels, exceeds”).

Prefix

sár-

1. exceeding, surpassing; excellent; ultra-, super-, most
2. (chemistry) per-

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with sár-

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sár-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 sár”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 sár”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language