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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish sáth, from Proto-Celtic *sātis.
Pronunciation
Noun
sáith f (genitive singular sáithe)
- sufficiency, enough
- Synonyms: dóthain, leordhóthain
- do sháith airgid ― as much money as you want, enough money for your needs (literally, “your sufficiency of money”)
- fill (sufficient or more than sufficient amount)
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| sáith
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sháith
after an, tsáith
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not applicable
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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
- “sáith”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sáith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sáiṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 589
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sáith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
sáith
- accusative/dative singular of sáth
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| sáith
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ṡáith
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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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