sacart

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacerdōs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsaɡar͈t]

Noun

sacart m

1. priest

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	sacart	sacartL	sacairtL
Vocative	sacairt	sacartL	sacartuH
Accusative	sacartN	sacartL	sacartuH
Genitive	sacairtL	sacart	sacartN
Dative	sacurtL	sacartaib	sacartaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• sacartóirecht

Related terms

• sacerdotalacht

Descendants

• Irish: sagart
• Manx: saggyrt
• Scottish Gaelic: sagart
• ⇒ Middle Irish: sacartacht

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
sacart	ṡacart	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sacart”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language