scafaire

Irish

Alternative forms
  • scathbhaire, scathmhaire, sgafaire, sgathmhaire (obsolete)

Etymology

From scafa (“eager, avid”) +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsˠkafˠəɾʲə/

Noun

scafaire m (genitive singular scafaire, nominative plural scafairí)

  1. strapping man, blade (dashing young man)
    scafaire mná ― strapping woman

Declension
Declension of scafaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scafaire scafairí
Vocative a scafaire a scafairí
Genitive scafaire scafairí
Dative scafaire scafairí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an scafaire na scafairí
Genitive an scafaire na scafairí
Dative leis an scafaire

don scafaire

 leis na scafairí

Derived terms
  • scafaireacht

Further reading
  • “scafaire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “scafaire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 597
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scafaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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