ardsagart

Irish

Etymology

ard- (“high, arch-, chief”) +‎ sagart (“priest”)

Noun

ardsagart m (genitive singular ardsagairt, nominative plural ardsagairt)

1. (religion) high priest

Declension

Declension of ardsagart (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ardsagart ardsagairt vocative a ardsagairt a ardsagarta genitive ardsagairt ardsagart dative ardsagart ardsagairt forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ardsagart na hardsagairt genitive an ardsagairt na n-ardsagart dative leis an ardsagart don ardsagart leis na hardsagairt

Synonyms

• uachtarán na sagart

Mutation

Mutated forms of ardsagart

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ardsagart	n-ardsagart	hardsagart	t-ardsagart

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ardsagart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN