saibhir

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish saidbir (“rich, wealthy”) (opposed to daidbir (“poor, indigent; feeble”), modern daibhir).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsˠɛvʲəɾʲ/[2]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠəivʲəɾʲ/, [ˈsˠeivʲəɾʲ]; /ˈsˠɛvʲəɾʲ/[3]

Adjective

saibhir (genitive singular masculine saibhir, genitive singular feminine saibhre, plural saibhre, comparative saibhre)

  1. rich, wealthy
    Antonym: daibhir

Declension

Declension of saibhir
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative saibhir shaibhir saibhre;
shaibhre2
vocative shaibhir saibhre
genitive saibhre saibhre saibhir
dative saibhir;
shaibhir1 		shaibhir saibhre;
shaibhre2
Comparative níos saibhre
Superlative is saibhre

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

Noun

saibhir m (genitive singular saibhir, nominative plural saibhre)

  1. rich person
    Antonym: daibhir

Declension

Declension of saibhir (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative saibhir saibhre
vocative a shaibhir a shaibhre
genitive saibhir saibhre
dative saibhir saibhre
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an saibhir na saibhre
genitive an tsaibhir na saibhre
dative leis an saibhir
don saibhir 		leis na saibhre

Mutation

Mutated forms of saibhir
radical lenition eclipsis
saibhir shaibhir
after an, tsaibhir 		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

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saidbir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 59, page 31
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 83, page 34

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