séidire

Irish

Etymology

Old Irish séitire. By surface analysis, séid +‎ -ire.

Noun

séidire m (genitive singular séidire, nominative plural séidirí)

1. blower (person)
2. blower (device)
3. puffer, snorter

Declension

Declension of séidire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative séidire séidirí vocative a séidire a séidirí genitive séidire séidirí dative séidire séidirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an séidire na séidirí genitive an séidire na séidirí dative leis an séidire don séidire leis na séidirí

Derived terms

• séidire duilleog m (“leafblower”)
• séidire gloine m (“glassblower”)
• séidire sneachta m (“snowblower”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of séidire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
séidire	shéidire after an, tséidire	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “séidire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “séitire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language