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saibhreas

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish saidbres.[1] By surface analysis, saibhir +‎ -eas.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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saibhreas m (genitive singular saibhris)

  1. wealth, riches, richness
    Synonyms: maoin, rachmas

Declension

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Declension of saibhreas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative saibhreas
vocative a shaibhris
genitive saibhris
dative saibhreas
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an saibhreas
genitive an tsaibhris
dative leis an saibhreas
don saibhreas

Mutation

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Mutated forms of saibhreas
radical lenition eclipsis
saibhreas shaibhreas
after an, tsaibhreas 		not applicable

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saidbres”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 74
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34

Further reading

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