saoirse

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See also: Saoirse

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish saírse. Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *suwiros, from *su- (“good”) +‎ *wiros (“man”). Compare Sanskrit सुवीर (suvī́ra, “heroic”).

Pronunciation

Noun

saoirse f (genitive singular saoirse)

  1. freedom

Declension

Declension of saoirse (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative saoirse
vocative a shaoirse
genitive saoirse
dative saoirse
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an tsaoirse
genitive na saoirse
dative leis an tsaoirse
don tsaoirse

Antonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of saoirse
radical lenition eclipsis
saoirse shaoirse
after an, tsaoirse 		not applicable

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Noun

saoirse f (genitive singular saoirse, plural saoirsinnean)

  1. Alternative form of saorsa (“freedom”)
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