sealgaire

Irish

Etymology

From seilg +‎ -aire.

Noun

sealgaire m (genitive singular sealgaire, nominative plural sealgairí)

1. hunter, huntsman

   Synonym: fiagaí

2. searcher, forager

Declension

Declension of sealgaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative sealgaire sealgairí Vocative a shealgaire a shealgairí Genitive sealgaire sealgairí Dative sealgaire sealgairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an sealgaire na sealgairí Genitive an tsealgaire na sealgairí Dative leis an sealgaire don sealgaire leis na sealgairí

Derived terms

• bansealgaire (“huntress”)
• scian sealgaire (“hunting-knife”)
• sealgaire ceann (“head-hunter”)
• sealgaire cloigeann (“scalp-hunter”)
• sealgaire coille (“woodcraftsman, woodsman”)
• sealgaire daoine (“man-hunter”)
• sealgaire deolchairí (“bounty hunter”)
• sealgaire éan fiáin, sealgaire géim (“wildfowler”)
• sealgaire míolta móra (“whaler”)
• sealgaire muc (“pigsticker”)
• sealgaire rónta (“sealer”)
• sealgaire slada (“freebooter”)
• sealgaireacht (“hunting”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sealgaire	shealgaire after an, tsealgaire	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) “sealgaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Further reading

• Entries containing “sealgaire” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “sealgaire” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.