sár-ego

Irish

Etymology

Partial calque of English superego, from sár- +‎ English ego; the English term itself is a calque of German Über-Ich.

Noun

sár-ego m (genitive singular sár-ego)

1. (psychoanalysis) superego

Declension

Declension of sár-ego (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative sár-ego vocative a shár-ego genitive sár-ego dative sár-ego forms with the definite article case singular nominative an sár-ego genitive an tsár-ego dative leis an sár-ego don sár-ego

Synonyms

• os-mhise

Mutation

Mutated forms of sár-ego

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sár-ego	shár-ego after an, tsár-ego	not applicable

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

Further reading

• “superego”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024