saothraigh

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Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From saothar (work, labour; toil, exertion; stress, effort) +‎ -igh.

Verb[edit]

saothraigh (present analytic saothraíonn, future analytic saothróidh, verbal noun saothrú, past participle saothraithe)

  1. labor, toil
  2. work, till, cultivate
  3. bring into cultivation, reclaim
  4. cultivate, develop
  5. (biology) culture
  6. (colloquial) earn
  7. work one's way
  8. work in, maneuver
Conjugation[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

saothraigh

  1. inflection of saothrach:
    1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
    2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Mutation[edit]

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