Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish sacart, from Latin sacerdōs.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sagart m (genitive singular sagairt, nominative plural sagairt)

  1. priest
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 197:
      Chuaidh sí go dtí uncail di a bhí i n‑a shagart san bhaile mhór agus fuair sí uaidh sórt éide agus giúrléidí beaga éigin eile.
      She went to an uncle of hers who was a priest in the city and from him she got a variety of vestments and some other small accessories.

Declension

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Declension of sagart (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative sagart sagairt
vocative a shagairt a shagarta
genitive sagairt sagart
dative sagart sagairt
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an sagart na sagairt
genitive an tsagairt na sagart
dative leis an sagart
don sagart
leis na sagairt

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of sagart
radical lenition eclipsis
sagart shagart
after an, tsagart
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

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sacart”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 6, page 6
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 290
  4. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 34, page 14
  5. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 265, page 62
  6. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 103, page 40

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish sacart, from Latin sacerdōs.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sagart m (genitive singular sagairt, plural sagartan or sagairtean)

  1. (Christianity) chaplain, priest
  2. (Lewis) ram with one of its testicles wanting

Mutation

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Mutation of sagart
radical lenition
sagart shagart
after "an", t-sagart

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

References

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  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “sagart”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sacart”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language