{"id":6419,"date":"2022-02-25T14:17:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T14:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=6419"},"modified":"2022-02-25T14:17:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T14:17:56","slug":"arrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2022\/02\/25\/arrows\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we&#8217;re looking at the words for <strong>arrows<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/horrgakx\/4715598418\/in\/photolist-8bGF81-6ATCC9-iJfx3-9gB6Ci-PHhMrb-4LMzSN-oC2Ns8-pNkrj-YcuhR6-ufUUhB-hu1nvq-2m7BpXe-DR76W7-2map6KX-2mB2S-sX5tt5-dWTfJb-cZzwPm-6cwx2R-t3DprR-2dDujxt-ap4LQU-5mSVFo-wrz86m-x75Gzp-3fSf4S-23H9aap-pjQrhg-auCvXB-teDpY7-dMG6mm-u5i7fz-xnNdoo-xnNHvG-bzg4nE-wrGVsV-5xjtEk-71DgiJ-ubQjSF-2KM4T7-5pepf1-safFM-3Qot4-6dtV1-5mSt3o-cjMcwb-PWynQ6-gGbELa-6jYTMh-5mPGn8\" title=\"Archers\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4057\/4715598418_181fc7d4a2_z.jpg\" alt=\"Archers\" width=\"640\" height=\"411\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>saiget<\/strong> [\u02c8sa.\u0263\u02b2\u0259d] = arrow, dart, javelin<br \/>\n<strong>saigetbolc<\/strong> = quiver<br \/>\n<strong>saiget gel\u00e1in<\/strong> (flash of) ligthning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>saiget<\/strong> = arrow, dart, javelin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>saighead<\/strong> [s\u02e0\u0259id\u032a\u02e0\/s\u02e0e\u02d0d\u032a\u02e0] = arrow, bolt, shaft, dart, pang, incitation<br \/>\n<strong>saigheadmhar<\/strong> = arrow-like, sharp, piercing<br \/>\n<strong>saighdeoir<\/strong> = archer, bowman, inciter<br \/>\n<strong>saighdeoireacht<\/strong> = archery, (act of) spearing (fish)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>saighead<\/strong> [saj\u0259d] = arrow, stabbing pain, knot (in wood)<br \/>\n<strong>saigheadair<\/strong> [saj\u0259d\u026ar\u02b2] = arrow-maker, archer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>side<\/strong> = arrow, bolt, dart, shaft<br \/>\n<strong>sideyr<\/strong> = archer<br \/>\n<strong>sideyraght \/ sideyrys<\/strong> = archery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*sa\u0263e\u03b8<\/strong> = arrow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>saeth<\/strong> = arrow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>saeth<\/strong> [sa\u02d0\u0268\u032f\u03b8\/sai\u032f\u03b8] = arrow<br \/>\n<strong>saethu<\/strong> = to shoot, fire, hit (a target), go shooting<br \/>\n<strong>saethwr \/saethydd<\/strong> = archer, bowman, shooter, marksman striker<br \/>\n<strong>saethol<\/strong> = shooting, darting, radiating<br \/>\n<strong>saethiad<\/strong> = shooting, shot, blast, projection, squirt, jet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>seth<\/strong> = arrow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>seth<\/strong> = arrow<br \/>\n<strong>setha<\/strong> = to shoot<br \/>\n<strong>sether<\/strong> = archer<br \/>\n<strong>sethigow<\/strong> = darts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breth<\/th>\n<td><strong>saez<\/strong> = arrow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>saezh<\/strong> = arrow, sunbeam<br \/>\n<strong>saezhataer \/ saezhour<\/strong> = Sagittarius<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from the Latin <em>sagitta<\/em> (arrow, shaft, bolt), proabably from a pre-Latin Mediterranean language [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/sagitta#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>From the same root we get the Latin word <em>sagitt\u0101rius<\/em> (armed with a bow and arrows; archer, bowman, fletcher) which became <strong>Sagittarius<\/strong> (a sign of the zodiac) and <strong>sagittary<\/strong> (centaur, archer, Sagittarius) in English [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/sagittarius#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n<p>Sources: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/\">Wiktionary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faclair.com\/\">Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mannin.info\/Mannin\/fockleyr\/m2e.php\">Online Manx Dictionary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanglann.ie\/en\/fgb\/ceann\">Teanglann.ie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/dil.ie\/\">eDIL &#8211; Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.smo.uhi.ac.uk\/sengoidelc\/duil-belrai\/english.html\">In D\u00fail B\u00e9lrai English &#8211; Old Irish glossary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/geiriadur.ac.uk\/gpc\/gpc.html\">Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cornishdictionary.org.uk\">Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.co.uk\/books?id=CwUGAAAAQAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;redir_esc=y#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">Gerlyvyr Cernewec<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkaevraz.net\/dicobzh\/index.php\">Dictionaire Favereau<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brezhoneg.bzh\/87-termofis.htm\">TermOfis<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/devri.bzh\/\">Le dictionnaire diachronique du breton<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/geriafurch.bzh\/br\">Geriafurch<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wales.ac.uk\/Resources\/Documents\/Research\/CelticLanguages\/EnglishProtoCelticWordList.pdf\">English &#8211; ProtoCeltic WordList<\/a> (PDF), <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/EtymologicalDictionaryOfProtoCeltic\">Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/create.blubrry.com\/resources\/podcast-media-hosting\/?code=omniglot\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/banner_blubrry.png\" alt=\"Blubrry podcast hosting\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we&#8217;re looking at the words for arrows and related things in Celtic languages. Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) saiget [\u02c8sa.\u0263\u02b2\u0259d] = arrow, dart, javelin saigetbolc = quiver saiget gel\u00e1in (flash of) ligthning Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) saiget = arrow, dart, javelin Irish (Gaeilge) saighead [s\u02e0\u0259id\u032a\u02e0\/s\u02e0e\u02d0d\u032a\u02e0] = arrow, bolt, shaft, dart, pang, incitation saigheadmhar = arrow-like, sharp, piercing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16,26,19,20,21,3,36,22,5,6,37,27,10,11,12,23,43,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-latin","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-irish","category-nouns","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-verbs","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6419"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6421,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6419\/revisions\/6421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}