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saighdiúir

Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish saigteóir (“archer, soldier”),[1] from saiget (“arrow”) (compare modern saighead), from Latin sagitta. Doublet of saighdeoir (“archer, bowman”)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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saighdiúir m (genitive singular saighdiúra, nominative plural saighdiúirí)

  1. soldier

Declension

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Declension of saighdiúir

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative saighdiúir saighdiúirí
Vocative a shaighdiúir a shaighdiúirí
Genitive saighdiúra saighdiúirí
Dative saighdiúir saighdiúirí

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an saighdiúir na saighdiúirí
Genitive an tsaighdiúra na saighdiúirí
Dative leis an saighdiúir

don saighdiúir

leis na saighdiúirí

Derived terms

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Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saigteóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 165, page 85
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 171, page 64

Further reading

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