saolaí

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Irish

Etymology 1

From saol (“life”) +‎ -aí.

Noun

saolaí m (genitive singular saolaí, nominative plural saolaithe)

  1. tenant for life
  2. (insurance) life
Declension
Declension of saolaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative saolaí saolaithe
Vocative a shaolaí a shaolaithe
Genitive saolaí saolaithe
Dative saolaí saolaithe

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an saolaí na saolaithe
Genitive an tsaolaí na saolaithe
Dative leis an saolaí

don saolaí

leis na saolaithe

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

saolaí

  1. inflection of saolach:
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. comparative degree
Alternative forms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

saolaí

  1. present subjunctive analytic of saolaigh
Alternative forms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
saolaí shaolaí
after an, tsaolaí 		not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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