saírse

Middle Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish saírse

Noun

saírse m or n or f

  1. craftsmanship
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish soíre, modified to match with Etymology 1

Noun

saírse f

  1. liberty, freedom
  2. exception, immunity
Synonyms
  • saírsine
  • saírsech
Descendants

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Middle English searce.

Noun

saírse ?

  1. sieve

Old Irish

Etymology

From sáer (“craftsman”)

Noun

saírse m or n

  1. craftsmanship

Inflection
Masculine io-stem, neuter io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
saírse ṡaírse unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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