sealgaire

Irish

Etymology

From seilg +‎ -aire.

Noun

sealgaire m (genitive singular sealgaire, nominative plural sealgairí)

1. hunter, huntsman

   Synonym: fiagaí

2. searcher, forager

Declension

Declension of sealgaire (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative sealgaire sealgairí vocative a shealgaire a shealgairí genitive sealgaire sealgairí dative sealgaire sealgairí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an sealgaire na sealgairí genitive an tsealgaire na sealgairí dative leis an sealgaire don sealgaire leis na sealgairí

Derived terms

• bansealgaire (“huntress”)
• scian sealgaire (“hunting-knife”)
• sealgaire ceann (“head-hunter”)
• sealgaire cloigeann (“scalp-hunter”)
• sealgaire coille (“woodcraftsman, woodsman”)
• sealgaire daoine (“man-hunter”)
• sealgaire deolchairí (“bounty hunter”)
• sealgaire éan fiáin, sealgaire géim (“wildfowler”)
• sealgaire míolta móra (“whaler”)
• sealgaire muc (“pigsticker”)
• sealgaire rónta (“sealer”)
• sealgaire slada (“freebooter”)
• sealgaireacht (“hunting”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sealgaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sealgaire	shealgaire after an, tsealgaire	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) “sealgaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Further reading

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