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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish saigteóir (“archer, soldier”) (compare Irish saighdiúir, saighdeoir), from saiget (“arrow”) (modern Scottish Gaelic saighead), from Latin sagitta (“arrow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
saighdear m (genitive singular saighdeir, plural saighdearan)
- soldier
- archer
- Synonym: boghadair
Derived terms
Mutation
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Lenition
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| saighdear |
shaighdear
after "an", t-saighdear
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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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