saothrú

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠiːɾˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠiːhɾˠu/, (older) /ˈsˠɯːhɾˠu/

Noun

saothrú m (genitive singular saothraithe)

1. verbal noun of saothraigh
2. cultivation
3. earnings, wages

Declension

Declension of saothrú (irregular, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative saothrú vocative a shaothrú genitive saothraithe dative saothrú forms with the definite article singular nominative an saothrú genitive an tsaothraithe dative leis an saothrú don saothrú

Derived terms

• athshaothrú (“recultivation, after-cultivation, recovery”)
• bláthshaothrú
• diansaothrú (“intensive cultivation, intensification”)
• dobharshaothrú
• dúshaothrú
• fíonsaothrú
• hidreashaothrú
• idirshaothrú (“intercultivation”)
• ilsaothrú (“multiple cropping; multiple jobholding”)
• mionsaothrú (“elaboration”)
• monashaothrú
• muirshaothrú
• róshaothrú
• stiallsaothrú (“strip cultivation”)
• uisceshaothrú

Mutation

Mutated forms of saothrú

radical	lenition	eclipsis
saothrú	shaothrú after an, tsaothrú	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

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