saíre

See also: Sáíre and şaire

Old Irish

Etymology

sóer +‎ -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsai̯.rʲe/

Noun

saíre f

1. freedom
2. the quality of being noble, nobility

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	saíreL	saíriL	saíri
vocative	saíreL	saíriL	saíri
accusative	saíriN	saíriL	saíri
genitive	saíre	saíreL	saíreN
dative	saíriL	saírib	saírib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of saíre

radical	lenition	nasalization
saíre	ṡaíre	unchanged

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saíre”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language