saillteoir

Irish

Alternative forms

• sailleadóir

Etymology

From saill (“salted meat”) +‎ -teoir.

Noun

saillteoir m (genitive singular saillteora, nominative plural saillteoirí)

1. salter, curer

   Synonym: (curer) leasaitheoir

Declension

Declension of saillteoir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative saillteoir saillteoirí vocative a shaillteoir a shaillteoirí genitive saillteora saillteoirí dative saillteoir saillteoirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an saillteoir na saillteoirí genitive an tsaillteora na saillteoirí dative leis an saillteoir don saillteoir leis na saillteoirí

Mutation

Mutated forms of saillteoir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
saillteoir	shaillteoir after an, tsaillteoir	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saillteoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “saillteoir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “saillteoir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025