saibhreas

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish saidbres.[1] By surface analysis, saibhir +‎ -eas.

Pronunciation

Noun

saibhreas m (genitive singular saibhris)

  1. wealth, riches, richness
    Synonyms: maoin, rachmas

Declension

Declension of saibhreas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative saibhreas
vocative a shaibhris
genitive saibhris
dative saibhreas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an saibhreas
genitive an tsaibhris
dative leis an saibhreas
don saibhreas

Mutation

Mutated forms of saibhreas
radical lenition eclipsis
saibhreas shaibhreas
after an, tsaibhreas 		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), “saidbres”, 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, § 145, page 74
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 83, page 34

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