saighdeoir

== Irish == === Etymology === From Middle Irish saigteóir (“archer, soldier”), from saiget (“arrow”) (compare modern saighead), from Latin sagitta. By surface analysis, saighead +‎ -óir. Doublet of saighdiúir (“soldier”). === Noun === saighdeoir m (genitive singular saighdeora, nominative plural saighdeoirí) archer, bowman Synonym: boghdóir ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== saighdeoireacht (“archery”) an Saighdeoir (“Sagittarius”) === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saigteóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “saighdeoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “saighdeoir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “saighdeoir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026