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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish saigteóracht, from saigteóir (“archer”), from saiget (“arrow”), from Latin sagitta. Equivalent to saighdeoir (“archer”) + -acht.
Noun
saighdeoireacht f (genitive singular saighdeoireachta)
- archery
Declension
Declension of saighdeoireacht
Synonyms
Mutation
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saigteóracht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saighdeoireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “saighdeoireacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024