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
Positive singular plural
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

Further reading

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.

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