saothrach

Irish

Alternative forms

• saotharach, saothraíoch

Etymology

From saothar (“work, labour; toil, exertion; stress, effort”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

saothrach (genitive singular masculine saothraigh, genitive singular feminine saothraí, plural saothracha, comparative saothraí)

1. laborious, toilsome
2. labored (of breathing)
3. hardworking, industrious

Declension

Declension of saothrach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	saothrach	shaothrach	saothracha; shaothracha2
vocative	shaothraigh		saothracha
genitive		saothraí	saothracha	saothrach
dative	saothrach; shaothrach1	shaothrach; shaothraigh (archaic)	saothracha; shaothracha2
Comparative	níos saothraí
Superlative	is saothraí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of saothrach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
saothrach	shaothrach after an, tsaothrach	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) “saothrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “saothrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “saothrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

saothrach

1. genitive singular of saothair

Mutation

Mutation of saothrach

radical	lenition
saothrach	shaothrach after "an", t-saothrach

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