saíre

See also: Sáíre and şaire

Old Irish

Etymology

sóer +‎ -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsai̯.rʲe/

Noun

saíre f

1. freedom
2. the quality of being noble, nobility

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	saíreL	saíriL	saíri
Vocative	saíreL	saíriL	saíri
Accusative	saíriN	saíriL	saíri
Genitive	saíre	saíreL	saíreN
Dative	saíriL	saírib	saírib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
saíre	ṡaíre	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saíre”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language