asarlaí
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish asarlaige, a variant of astrolaic (“astrologer; wizard, sorcerer”), from Latin astrologus, from Ancient Greek ἀστρολόγος (astrológos).
Noun
asarlaí m (genitive singular asarlaí, nominative plural asarlaithe)
- enchanter, magician, medicine man, necromancer, sorcerer, powwow, witch doctor, wizard
- conjurer, trickster
- Alternative form of astralaí (“astrologer”)
Declension
Declension of asarlaí
Fourth declension
|
Bare forms
|
Forms with the definite article
|
Derived terms
- asarlaíocht f (“sorcery; conjuring tricks”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| asarlaí | n-asarlaí | hasarlaí | t-asarlaí |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “asarlaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “asarlaige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “astrolaic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “asarlaí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “asarlaí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- “asarlaí”, in The National Terminology Database for Irish, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU and Foras na Gaeilge, 2006–2024
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.