"saint" meaning in Irish

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Noun

IPA: /sˠɑinʲtʲ/ [Munster], /sˠɪn̠ʲtʲ/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish sant, of uncertain origin; cognate with Manx saynt and Scottish Gaelic sannt. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *hwant (the source of Welsh chwant (“desire”)), from Proto-Celtic *swantos, provided the borrowing happened before *s became *h in Brythonic but after *ant became *ēdd in Goidelic, as the inherited Old Irish descendant of *swantos is sét (whence séad (“a valuable”) and seoid (“jewel”)). Against this hypothesis is the fact that Old Irish sét and Welsh chwant are masculine, while Old Irish sant and its descendants are feminine. Etymology templates: {{der|ga|sga|sant}} Old Irish sant, {{unknown|ga|uncertain}} uncertain, {{cog|gv|saynt}} Manx saynt, {{cog|gd|sannt}} Scottish Gaelic sannt, {{der|ga|cel-bry-pro|*hwant}} Proto-Brythonic *hwant, {{cog|cy|chwant|t=desire}} Welsh chwant (“desire”), {{der|ga|cel-pro|*swantos}} Proto-Celtic *swantos, {{m|cel-pro|*swantos}} *swantos, {{m|sga|sét}} sét, {{doublet|ga|séad|seoid|id1=valuable|notext=1|t1=a valuable|t2=jewel}} séad (“a valuable”) and seoid (“jewel”), {{m+|sga|sét}} Old Irish sét, {{m+|cy|chwant}} Welsh chwant, {{m+|sga|sant}} Old Irish sant Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|sainte||||||||-|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} saint f (genitive singular sainte), {{ga-noun|f|sainte|-}} saint f (genitive singular sainte) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-f2-nopl|sa|int|inte}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: sainte [genitive, singular], no-plural [table-tags], saint [indefinite, nominative, singular], a shaint [indefinite, singular, vocative], sainte [genitive, indefinite, singular], saint [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an tsaint [definite, nominative, singular], na sainte [definite, genitive, singular], leis an tsaint [dative, definite, singular], don tsaint [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], saint [mutation, mutation-radical], shaint [lenition, mutation], tsaint [lenition, mutation], - [eclipsis, mutation]
  1. greed, avarice, covetousness Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-saint-ga-noun-Gw3I0nI0 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 84 16
  2. great eagerness, desire Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-saint-ga-noun-xqTfhlnt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cíocras, gabhálacht (english: avarice), sainnt (english: superseded) Derived forms: santach

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (ae36afe and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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