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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”). By surface analysis, saighdear + -ach.
Pronunciation
Adjective
saighdearach (comparative saighdearaiche)
- soldier-like, related or pertaining to soldiers
- abounding in soldiers
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| saighdearach |
shaighdearach
after "an", t-saighdearach
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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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