saothar

Irish (Donegal)

/ˈsˠeːhəɾˠ/, /ˈsˠiːhəɾˠ/, /ˈsˠihəɾˠ/

noun
Definitions
  • labour work; toil, exertion; stress, effort
  • work product of labour
  • (music) opus
  • (music) composition, piece
  • job of destruction
  • (literary) travail, birth pangs of childbirth
  • evacuation of bowels; excrement
  • as verbal noun labouring, toiling

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish saíthar inherited from Proto-Celtic *saitrom inherited from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey-tro-m, *sh₂ey- (bind, fetter).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sh₂ey-

Gloss

bind, fetter

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