saoiste

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsˠiːʃtʲə/

Noun

saoiste m (genitive singular saoiste, nominative plural saoistí)

  1. Seat of plaited straw or rushes.
  2. roll
  3. roller (long swelling wave)
  4. boss, ganger, gaffer, overseer

Declension

Declension of saoiste (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative saoiste saoistí
vocative a shaoiste a shaoistí
genitive saoiste saoistí
dative saoiste saoistí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an saoiste na saoistí
genitive an tsaoiste na saoistí
dative leis an saoiste
don saoiste
leis na saoistí

Derived terms

  • saisteog f (pouf)
  • saoistíocht f (overseeing)

Further reading