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saor.

free (not imprisoned; unconstrained; without obligations; (of software) with very few restrictions on distribution or improvement)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

adj/sˠeːɾˠ/Munster/sˠiːɾˠ/Connacht/sˠiːɾˠ/Ulster/sˠɯːɾˠ/Ulster

  1. free (not imprisoned; unconstrained; without obligations; (of software) with very few restrictions on distribution or improvement) having freeman status, enfranchised; noble

    literary

  2. free (not imprisoned; unconstrained; without obligations; (of software) with very few restrictions on distribution or improvement) independent

  3. free (not imprisoned; unconstrained; without obligations; (of software) with very few restrictions on distribution or improvement) disengaged

  4. free (not imprisoned; unconstrained; without obligations; (of software) with very few restrictions on distribution or improvement) unrestrained, unrestricted

  5. free (not imprisoned; unconstrained; without obligations; (of software) with very few restrictions on distribution or improvement) not fixed or combined

  6. free (not imprisoned; unconstrained; without obligations; (of software) with very few restrictions on distribution or improvement) blameless, innocent (ar, ó (“of”))

  7. free (not imprisoned; unconstrained; without obligations; (of software) with very few restrictions on distribution or improvement) immune, exempt (ar, ó (“from”))

  8. free (not imprisoned; unconstrained; without obligations; (of software) with very few restrictions on distribution or improvement) safe (ó (“from”))

  9. free (not imprisoned; unconstrained; without obligations; (of software) with very few restrictions on distribution or improvement) choice

    literary

  10. autonomous (of Celtic verb forms similar in meaning to the passive voice)

  11. cheap, inexpensive

Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish saer, from Old Irish sóer, from Proto-Celtic *su-wiros (“good man”).

noun/sˠeːɾˠ/Munster/sˠiːɾˠ/Connacht/sˠiːɾˠ/Ulster/sˠɯːɾˠ/Ulster

  1. craftsman

    masculine

  2. mason

    masculine

  3. artificer

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish saer, from Old Irish sáer, from Proto-Celtic *saɸiros, from Proto-Indo-European *sapiros, from *sap- (“skill”). Cognate with Welsh saer (“carpenter; mason”).

verb/sˠeːɾˠ/Munster/sˠiːɾˠ/Connacht/sˠiːɾˠ/Ulster/sˠɯːɾˠ/Ulster

  1. raise to free status, enfranchise

    literary · transitive

  2. free, liberate

    transitive

  3. save, redeem

    transitive

  4. acquit, exonerate

    transitive

  5. free, exempt, deliver (ar, ó (“from”))

    transitive

  6. rid of

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish saer, from Old Irish sóer, from Proto-Celtic *su-wiros (“good man”).

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