saraiste

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French sarge, from Old French sarge, from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin sērica (“silk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsˠaɾˠəʃtʲə/

Noun

saraiste f (genitive singular saraiste)

1. serge

Declension

Declension of saraiste

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative saraiste Vocative a sharaiste Genitive saraiste Dative saraiste

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an tsaraiste Genitive na saraiste Dative leis an tsaraiste don tsaraiste

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
saraiste	sharaiste after an, tsaraiste	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) “saraiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “saraiste”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm