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saor

saor

Irish

Adjective

saor (genitive singular masculine saoir, genitive singular feminine saoire, plural saora, comparative saoire)

  1. free (not imprisoned; unconstrained; without obligations; (of software) with very few restrictions on distribution or improvement)
    1. (literary) having freeman status, enfranchised; noble
    2. independent
    3. disengaged
    4. unrestrained, unrestricted
    5. not fixed or combined
    6. blameless, innocent (ar, ó (of))
    7. immune, exempt (ar, ó (from))
    8. safe (ó (from))
    9. (literary, of things) choice
    10. (grammar) autonomous (of Celtic verb forms similar in meaning to the passive voice)
  2. cheap, inexpensive
Declension
Antonyms
  • (cheap, inexpensive): daor
Usage notes

Although ‘free’ is the most common translation of this word, it does not mean ‘free of charge, gratis’, but rather ‘cheap, inexpensive’ in reference to goods or services being exchanged. The term for ‘free of charge’ is in aisce.

Derived terms

Verb

saor (present analytic saorann, future analytic saorfaidh, verbal noun saoradh, past participle saortha) (transitive)

  1. (literary) raise to free status, enfranchise
  2. free, liberate
  3. save, redeem
  4. acquit, exonerate
  5. free, exempt, deliver (ar, ó (from))
  6. (with de) rid of
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish saer, from Old Irish sáer, from Proto-Celtic *saɸiros, from Proto-Indo-European *sapiros, from *sap- (skill).

Noun

saor m (genitive singular saoir, nominative plural saoir)

  1. craftsman
  2. (stone)mason
  3. artificer
Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
saor shaor
after an, tsaor
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • 1 saer” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • 2 saer” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɯːɾ]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish sóer, from Proto-Celtic *su-wiro-s (good man).

Adjective

saor (comparative saoire)

  1. free
  2. cheap
Declension
Case Masculine singular Feminine singular Plural
Nominative saor shaor saora
Vocative shaoir shaor saora
Genitive shaoir shaoir/saoire saora
Dative shaor shaoir saora
Antonyms
Derived terms

Verb

saor (past shaor, future saoraidh, verbal noun saoradh, past participle saorte)

  1. free, rescue, save
  2. clear, redeem
  3. cheapen

Etymology 2

From Old Irish sáer, from Proto-Celtic *saɸiros, from Proto-Indo-European *sapiros, from *sap- (skill).

Noun

saor m (genitive singular saoir, plural saoir)

  1. joiner
  2. carpenter

References

  • 1 saer” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • 2 saer” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Venetian

Alternative forms

  • saore

Etymology

From Latin sapor, sapōrem. Compare Italian sapore

Noun

saor m (plural saori)

  1. taste, flavour
  2. sauce