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Old Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *saɸiros, from Proto-Indo-European *sapiros, from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“skill”).[1]
Noun
sáer m (genitive saír, nominative plural saír)
- craftsman
Inflection
Masculine o-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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Nominative
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sáer
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sáerL
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saírL
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Vocative
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saír
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sáerL
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sáeruH
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Accusative
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sáerN
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sáerL
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sáeruH
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Genitive
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saírL
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sáer
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sáerN
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Dative
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sáerL
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sáeraib
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sáeraib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1959–96) “2 saer”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume R S, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page S-6
Etymology 2
Adjective
sáer
- (late Old Irish) Alternative form of sóer (“free”)
Inflection
o/ā-stem
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Singular
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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Nominative
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sáer
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sáer
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sáer
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Vocative
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saír* sáer**
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Accusative
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sáer
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saír
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Genitive
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saír
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saíre
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saír
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Dative
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sáer
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saír
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sáer
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Plural
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Masculine
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Feminine/neuter
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Nominative
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saír
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sáera
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Vocative
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sáeru sáera†
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Accusative
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sáeru sáera†
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Genitive
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sáer
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Dative
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sáeraib
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Notes
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*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized
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Noun
sáer m (genitive saír, nominative plural saír)
- (late Old Irish) Alternative form of sóer (“freeman, noble”)
Inflection
Masculine o-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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Nominative
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sáer
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sáerL
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saírL
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Vocative
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saír
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sáerL
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sáeruH
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Accusative
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sáerN
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sáerL
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sáeruH
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Genitive
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saírL
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sáer
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sáerN
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Dative
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sáerL
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sáeraib
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sáeraib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Mutation
Old Irish mutation
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Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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sáer
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ṡáer
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unchanged
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 saer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 saer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language