saighead

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish saiget, from Latin sagitta.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sˠəid̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /sˠeːd̪ˠ/, (older) /sˠɤːd̪ˠ/[1]

Noun

saighead f (genitive singular saighde, nominative plural saigheada)

  1. arrow (projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow)
  2. A punctuation mark of the Ogham alphabet, an arrow-shaped marking at the bottom of a line of Ogham indicating the direction—bottom to top—to read.

Declension
Declension of saighead

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative saighead saigheada
Vocative a shaighead a shaigheada
Genitive saighde saighead
Dative saighead saigheada

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tsaighead na saigheada
Genitive na saighde na saighead
Dative leis an tsaighead

don tsaighead

 leis na saigheada

Derived terms

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

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 30

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish saiget, from Latin sagitta.

Noun

saighead f (genitive singular saighde, plural saighdean)

  1. (archery) arrow
    Chuir an boghadair saighead. ― The archer fired an arrow.
    Synonym: gath

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
saigheadshaighead
after "an", t-saighead
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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