sáith

See also: saith and sàith

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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)

Declension

Declension of sáith (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative sáith vocative a sháith genitive sáithe dative sáith forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tsáith genitive na sáithe dative leis an tsáith don tsáith

Mutation

Mutated forms of sáith

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sáith	sháith after an, tsáith	not applicable

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

Further reading

• “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

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [saːθʲ]

Noun

sáith

1. accusative/dative singular of sáth

Mutation

Mutation of sáith

radical	lenition	nasalization
sáith	ṡáith	unchanged

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