sár-ego

Irish

Etymology

Partial calque of English superego, from sár- + English ego; the English term itself is a calque of German Über-Ich.

Noun

sár-ego m (genitive singular sár-ego)

1. (psychoanalysis) superego

Declension

Declension of sár-ego

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative sár-ego Vocative a shár-ego Genitive sár-ego Dative sár-ego

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an sár-ego Genitive an tsár-ego Dative leis an sár-ego don sár-ego

Synonyms

• os-mhise

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “superego”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024