saothrach

Irish

Alternative forms

• saotharach, saothraíoch

Etymology

From saothar (“work, labour; toil, exertion; stress, effort”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

saothrach (genitive singular masculine saothraigh, genitive singular feminine saothraí, plural saothracha, comparative saothraí)

1. laborious, toilsome
2. labored (of breathing)
3. hardworking, industrious

Declension

Declension of saothrach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	saothrach	shaothrach	saothracha; shaothracha²
Vocative	shaothraigh		saothracha
Genitive		saothraí	saothracha	saothrach
Dative	saothrach; shaothrach¹	shaothrach; shaothraigh (archaic)	saothracha; shaothracha²
Comparative	níos saothraí
Superlative	is saothraí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
saothrach	shaothrach after an, tsaothrach	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) “saothrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “saothrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “saothrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

saothrach

1. genitive singular of saothair

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
saothrach	shaothrach after "an", t-saothrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.