saorga

Irish

Alternative forms

• saordha (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish saerda, from saer (“artificer”). By surface analysis, saor +‎ -ga.

Adjective

saorga (not comparable)

1. artificial

   Synonym: bréige

2. manmade

   Synonym: de dhéantús an duine

Declension

Declension of saorga

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	saorga	shaorga	saorga; shaorga2
vocative	shaorga		saorga
genitive		saorga	saorga	saorga
dative	saorga; shaorga1	shaorga	saorga; shaorga2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• intleacht shaorga
• teanga shaorga

Related terms

• saor

Mutation

Mutated forms of saorga

radical	lenition	eclipsis
saorga	shaorga after an, tsaorga	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “saorga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “saorga”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “saorga”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saerda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language