saoire

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish saíre (“church holiday; period of exemption; freedom, liberty”). Synchronically analyzable as saor +‎ -e.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsˠiːɾʲə/

Noun

saoire f (genitive singular saoire, nominative plural saoirí)

  1. holiday, vacation (period of one or more days taken off work by an employee for leisure; period taken off work or study for travel)
    Tá mo mháistir ar saoire an tseachtain seo.
    My boss is on holiday/on vacation this week.

Declension
Declension of saoire

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative saoire saoirí
Vocative a shaoire a shaoirí
Genitive saoire saoirí
Dative saoire saoirí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tsaoire na saoirí
Genitive na saoire na saoirí
Dative leis an tsaoire

don tsaoire

 leis na saoirí

Derived terms
  • lá saoire m, laethanta saoire m pl
  • saoire an mhála droma (“backpacking”)

Adjective

saoire

  1. genitive feminine singular of saor
  2. comparative degree of saor

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
saoire shaoire
after an, tsaoire		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “1 saíre” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • "saoire" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “saoire” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “saoire” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

saoire

  1. comparative degree of saor
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