saothar
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish saíthar, from Proto-Celtic *saitrom, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey-tro-m, from *sh₂ey- (“to bind, fetter”) + *-trom.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠeːhəɾˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈsˠiːhəɾˠ/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈsˠiːɾˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠihəɾˠ/, (older) /ˈsˠɯhəɾˠ/
Noun
saothar m (genitive singular saothair, nominative plural saothair)
- labour (work); toil, exertion; stress, effort
- gan saothar ― without effort
- work (product of labour)
- thing done, achievement
- works; literary or artistic composition
- (music) opus
- (music, literature) composition, piece
- job of destruction
- (literary) travail, pangs of childbirth
- evacuation of bowels; excrement
- (as verbal noun, ag ~) labouring, toiling
Declension
Declension of saothar
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- ardsaothar
- bileog shaothair
- saothar allamuigh
- saothar anála
- saothar an bháis
- saothar an lae
- saothar bradáin
- saothar coirp
- saothar díreach
- saothar ealaíne
- saothar ficsin
- saothar foirne
- saothar in aisce
- saothar indíreach
- saothar láimhe
- saotharlann
- saothar múrealaíne
- saothar seanré
- saothar taifeadta
- saothar teibí
- saothrach
- saothraí
- saothraigh
- saothrán
- scoil saothair
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| saothar | shaothar after an, tsaothar |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*saytro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 325
Further reading
- “saothar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “saethar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “saoṫar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 595
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “saothar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “saothar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 44
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