saraiste

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French sarge, from Old French sarge, from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin sērica (“silk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsˠaɾˠəʃtʲə/

Noun

saraiste f (genitive singular saraiste)

1. serge

Declension

Declension of saraiste (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative saraiste vocative a sharaiste genitive saraiste dative saraiste forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tsaraiste genitive na saraiste dative leis an tsaraiste don tsaraiste

Mutation

Mutated forms of saraiste

radical	lenition	eclipsis
saraiste	sharaiste after an, tsaraiste	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saraiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “saraiste”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm