scafaire

Irish

Alternative forms

  • scathbhaire, scathmhaire, sgafaire, sgathmhaire (obsolete)

Etymology

From scafa (“eager, avid”) +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsˠkafˠəɾʲə/

Noun

scafaire m (genitive singular scafaire, nominative plural scafairí)

  1. strapping man, blade (dashing young man)
    scafaire mná ― strapping woman

Declension

Declension of scafaire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative scafaire scafairí
vocative a scafaire a scafairí
genitive scafaire scafairí
dative scafaire scafairí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an scafaire na scafairí
genitive an scafaire na scafairí
dative leis an scafaire
don scafaire 		leis na scafairí

Derived terms

  • scafaireacht

Further reading

  • “scafaire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “scafaire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 597
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scafaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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