sealgaire

Irish

Etymology

From seilg +‎ -aire.

Noun

sealgaire m (genitive singular sealgaire, nominative plural sealgairí)

  1. hunter, huntsman
    Synonym: fiagaí
  2. searcher, forager

Declension

Declension of sealgaire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sealgaire sealgairí
vocative a shealgaire a shealgairí
genitive sealgaire sealgairí
dative sealgaire sealgairí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sealgaire na sealgairí
genitive an tsealgaire na sealgairí
dative leis an sealgaire
don sealgaire 		leis na sealgairí

Derived terms

  • bansealgaire (“huntress”)
  • scian sealgaire (“hunting-knife”)
  • sealgaire ceann (“head-hunter”)
  • sealgaire cloigeann (“scalp-hunter”)
  • sealgaire coille (“woodcraftsman, woodsman”)
  • sealgaire daoine (“man-hunter”)
  • sealgaire deolchairí (“bounty hunter”)
  • sealgaire éan fiáin, sealgaire géim (“wildfowler”)
  • sealgaire míolta móra (“whaler”)
  • sealgaire muc (“pigsticker”)
  • sealgaire rónta (“sealer”)
  • sealgaire slada (“freebooter”)
  • sealgaireacht (“hunting”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sealgaire
radical lenition eclipsis
sealgaire shealgaire
after an, tsealgaire 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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