saibhir

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish saidbir (“rich, wealthy”) (opposed to daidbir (“poor, indigent; feeble”), modern daibhir).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

saibhir (genitive singular masculine saibhir, genitive singular feminine saibhre, plural saibhre, comparative saibhre)

  1. rich, wealthy
    Antonym: daibhir

Declension

Declension of saibhir
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative saibhir shaibhir saibhre;
shaibhre²
Vocative shaibhir saibhre
Genitive saibhre saibhre saibhir
Dative saibhir;
shaibhir¹ 		shaibhir saibhre;
shaibhre²
Comparative níos saibhre
Superlative is saibhre

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

saibhir m (genitive singular saibhir, nominative plural saibhre)

  1. rich person
    Antonym: daibhir

Declension

Declension of saibhir

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative saibhir saibhre
Vocative a shaibhir a shaibhre
Genitive saibhir saibhre
Dative saibhir saibhre

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an saibhir na saibhre
Genitive an tsaibhir na saibhre
Dative leis an saibhir

don saibhir

leis na saibhre

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
saibhir shaibhir
after an, tsaibhir 		not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saidbir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 59, page 31
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 83, page 34

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