sáith

From Old Irish sáth, from Proto-Celtic *sātis.

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /sˠɑː(h)/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠaːç/, [sˠaːi̯ç]

sáith f (genitive singular sáithe)

1. sufficiency, enough

   Synonyms: dóthain, leordhóthain

   do sháith airgid ― as much money as you want, enough money for your needs (literally, “your sufficiency of money”)

2. fill (sufficient or more than sufficient amount)

• “sáith”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sáith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sáiṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 589
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sáith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57

• IPA^(key): [saːθʲ]

sáith

1. accusative/dative singular of sáth