saoire

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish saíre (church holiday).[1] By surface analysis, saor +‎ -e.

Noun

saoire f (genitive singular saoire, nominative plural saoirí)

  1. 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
Declension of saoire (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative saoire saoirí
vocative a shaoire a shaoirí
genitive saoire saoirí
dative saoire saoirí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tsaoire na saoirí
genitive na saoire na saoirí
dative leis an tsaoire
don tsaoire
leis na saoirí
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

saoire

  1. inflection of saor:
    1. genitive feminine singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of saoire
radical lenition eclipsis
saoire shaoire
after an, tsaoire
not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 saíre”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Adjective

saoire

  1. comparative degree of saor

Mutation

Mutation of saoire
radical lenition
saoire shaoire
after "an", t-saoire

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.