saothrach

Irish

Etymology

saothar (“work, labour; toil, exertion; stress, effort”) +‎ -ach

Adjective

saothrach

  1. laborious, toilsome
  2. (of breathing) labored
  3. hardworking, industrious

Declension
Declension of saothrach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative saothrach shaothrach saothracha;
shaothracha²
Vocative shaothraigh saothracha
Genitive saothraí saothracha saothrach
Dative saothrach;
shaothrach¹		 shaothrach;
shaothraigh (archaic)		 saothracha;
shaothracha²
Comparative níos saothraí
Superlative is saothraí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

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

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

saothrach

  1. genitive singular of saothair
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