saighdeoireacht

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish saigteóracht, from saigteóir (“archer”), from saiget (“arrow”), from Latin sagitta. Equivalent to saighdeoir (“archer”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

saighdeoireacht f (genitive singular saighdeoireachta)

1. archery

Declension

Declension of saighdeoireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative saighdeoireacht vocative a shaighdeoireacht genitive saighdeoireachta dative saighdeoireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tsaighdeoireacht genitive na saighdeoireachta dative leis an tsaighdeoireacht don tsaighdeoireacht

Synonyms

• boghdóireacht

Related terms

• bogha (“bow”)
• boghdóir (“archer”)
• saighead (“arrow”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of saighdeoireacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
saighdeoireacht	shaighdeoireacht after an, tsaighdeoireacht	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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saigteóracht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saighdeoireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “saighdeoireacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024