saighead
Irish (Donegal)
[sˠəid̪ˠ]
noun
Definitions
- arrow projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow
- a punctuation mark of the Ogham alphabet, an arrow-shaped marking at the bottom of a line of Ogham indicating the direction—bottom to top—to read.
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish saiget derived from Latin sagitta (arrow).
Origin
Latin
sagitta
Gloss
arrow
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
矢
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Sagitta English
- sagitta English
- sagittaalitaso Finnish
- Sagittiger Latin
- Scytalosagittipelliger Latin
- sagitta Latin
- sagittarius Latin
- sagittifer Latin
- sagittifolius Latin
- saetta Italian
- saeta Spanish, Castilian
- saighdeoir Irish
- saighdeoireacht Irish
- saete Old French
- sageta Catalan, Valencian
- săgeată Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- saeth Welsh
- saiget Old Irish
- saighead Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- side Manx
- shigjetë Albanian
- saeta Old Portuguese
- sãdzeatã Aromanian
- sajetta Romansh
- saete Friulian
- saigteóir Middle Irish
- saigteóracht Middle Irish
- sàita Istriot