Salvadóir

Irish

Etymology

From Spanish El Salvador (literally “the Saviour”).

Proper noun

An tSalvadóir f (genitive na Salvadóire)

  1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)

Usage notes

  • Always preceded by the definite article.

Declension

Declension of Salvadóir (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Salvadóir
vocative a Shalvadóir
genitive Salvadóire
dative Salvadóir
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an tSalvadóir
genitive na Salvadóire
dative leis an tSalvadóir
don tSalvadóir

Derived terms

  • Salvadórach (“Salvadoran”, adjective)
  • Salvadórach m (“Salvadoran”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Salvadóir
radical lenition eclipsis
Salvadóir Shalvadóir
after an, tSalvadóir 		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

  • “tSalvadóir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • El Salvador at Focal.ie, Foras na Gaeilge (2013).
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