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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish saigteóir (“archer, soldier”),[1] from saiget (“arrow”) (compare modern saighead), from Latin sagitta. Doublet of saighdeoir (“archer, bowman”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
saighdiúir m (genitive singular saighdiúra, nominative plural saighdiúirí)
- soldier
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| saighdiúir
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shaighdiúir
after an, tsaighdiúir
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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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References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saigteóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 165, page 85
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 171, page 64
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saighdiúir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “saighdiúir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “saighdiúir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- “saighdiúir”, in The National Terminology Database for Irish, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU and Foras na Gaeilge, 2006–2024