sáiste

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle French sauge, from Latin salvia.

Pronunciation

Noun

sáiste f (genitive singular sáiste, nominative plural saistí)

  1. (botany) sage

Declension

Declension of sáiste (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative sáiste sáistí
vocative a sháiste a sháistí
genitive sáiste sáistí
dative sáiste sáistí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tsáiste na sáistí
genitive na sáiste na sáistí
dative leis an tsáiste
don tsáiste
leis na sáistí

Mutation

Mutated forms of sáiste
radical lenition eclipsis
sáiste sháiste
after an, tsáiste
not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.