séidire

Irish

Etymology

Old Irish séitire. By surface analysis, séid +‎ -ire.

Noun

séidire m (genitive singular séidire, nominative plural séidirí)

1. blower (person)
2. blower (device)
3. puffer, snorter

Declension

Declension of séidire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative séidire séidirí Vocative a séidire a séidirí Genitive séidire séidirí Dative séidire séidirí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an séidire na séidirí Genitive an séidire na séidirí Dative leis an séidire don séidire leis na séidirí

Derived terms

• séidire duilleog m (“leafblower”)
• séidire gloine m (“glassblower”)
• séidire sneachta m (“snowblower”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
séidire	shéidire after an, tséidire	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) “séidire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “séitire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language