saidhbhir

Irish

Adjective

saidhbhir (genitive singular masculine saidhbhir, genitive singular feminine saidhbhre, plural saidhbhre, comparative saidhbhre)

1. Superseded spelling of saibhir (“rich”).

Declension

Declension of saibhir

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	saibhir	shaibhir	saibhre; shaibhre2
vocative	shaibhir		saibhre
genitive		saibhre	saibhre	saibhir
dative	saibhir; shaibhir1	shaibhir	saibhre; shaibhre2
Comparative	níos saibhre
Superlative	is saibhre

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

saidhbhir m (genitive singular saidhbhir, nominative plural saidhbhre)

1. Superseded spelling of saibhir.

Declension

Declension of saidhbhir (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative saidhbhir saidhbhre vocative a shaidhbhir a shaidhbhre genitive saidhbhir saidhbhre dative saidhbhir saidhbhre forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an saidhbhir na saidhbhre genitive an tsaidhbhir na saidhbhre dative leis an saidhbhir don saidhbhir leis na saidhbhre

Mutation

Mutated forms of saidhbhir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
saidhbhir	shaidhbhir after an, tsaidhbhir	not applicable

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

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• saoibhir

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɤivəɾ/
• (Uist, Barra, Skye) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪aivɪɾʲ/

Adjective

saidhbhir (comparative saidhbhire or saidhbhre)

1. wealthy, affluent, opulent