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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish saíre (“church holiday”). By surface analysis, saor + -e.
Noun
saoire f (genitive singular saoire, nominative plural saoirí)
- holiday, vacation (period of one or more days taken off work by an employee for leisure; period taken off work or study for travel)
Tá mo mháistir ar saoire an tseachtain seo.- My boss is on holiday/on vacation this week.
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
saoire
- inflection of saor:
- genitive feminine singular
- comparative degree
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| saoire
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shaoire
after an, tsaoire
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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
Further reading
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Adjective
saoire
- comparative degree of saor
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| saoire |
shaoire
after "an", t-saoire
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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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