smaragaid

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish smaragad, smragda, from Latin smaragdus.

Noun

smaragaid f (genitive singular smaragaide, nominative plural smaragaidí)

1. emerald

Declension

Declension of smaragaid (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative smaragaid smaragaidí vocative a smaragaid a smaragaidí genitive smaragaide smaragaidí dative smaragaid smaragaidí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an smaragaid na smaragaidí genitive na smaragaide na smaragaidí dative leis an smaragaid don smaragaid leis na smaragaidí

Derived terms

• glas smaragaide (“emerald green”)
• smaragaid mhór (“large emerald”)
• smaragaid umha-dhaite (“downy emerald”)

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “smaragad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language