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

Emoji
🏹 💘 📩 📲 🧝

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms