Sadhbh (name)

Sadhbh
	Illustration of Sadb by Arthur Rackham, 1910
Pronunciation	English: /saɪv/ SYVE; Connacht Irish: ['sˠaːw]; Munster Irish: ['sˠəivˠ]; Ulster Irish: ['sˠaːwə]
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Proto-Celtic *sŭādŭā
Meaning	Sweet-lovely
Region of origin	Ireland, Irish diaspora
Other names
Related names	Saidhbhín (diminutive)

Sadhbh (Old Irish: Sadb, anglicised Sive) is an Irish feminine personal name.^[3] Derived from Proto-Celtic *swādwā '(the) sweet and lovely (lady)',^[4] the name is cognate with the initial elements in the attested Gallic names Suadu-gena and Suadu-rix and with Sanskrit svādú-, Ancient Greek hedýs, Latin suāvis (compare Suada), Tocharian B swāre and Modern English sweet.

The town Cahersiveen in County Kerry roughly translates to 'The Fortress of Little Sadhbh'.

The Whiteboys, a secret agrarian organisation in 18th century Ireland, referred to themselves as "Queen Sive Oultagh's children" ("Sive" or "Sieve Oultagh" being anglicised from the Irish Sadhbh Amhaltach, or Ghostly Sally).^[5]

Notable people

Sadhbh Nic Donnchadh, daughter of Donnchadh, King of Ossory and wife of Ard-Rí Donnachadh mac Flann Sionna; patroness of Saighir
Sadhbh O'Sullivan, member of the band The Isohels
"Sadhbh Trinseach", name adopted by Irish nationalist artist Cesca Chenevix Trench

In fiction

In Irish mythology, Sadhbh (or Saba) was the mother of Oisín by Fionn mac Cumhail
Sadb ingen Chuinn was a daughter of Conn of the Hundred Battles, a High King of Ireland
Sive, a 1959 play by John B. Keane and also the name of its lead character
Traditional Irish sean-nós song, Sadhbh Ní Bhruinnealigh ^[6]

References

^ "Page:Quiggin Dialect of Donegal 0052.png - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
^ Irish Names and Surnames by Rev. Patrick Woulfe, 1923
^ Ó Séaghdha, Darach (3 March 2022). "The Irish For: The rise of Rían - the latest baby names in Ireland". thejournal.ie. The Journal. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
^ Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch page 1039; Delamarre 284; Ellis Evans 1967: 258; Meid 2005: 206f.
^ Kenny, Kevin (1998). Making Sense of the Molly Maguires. Oxford University Press. pp. 9.
^ "Sadhbh Ní Bhruinneallaigh lyrics and chords - SongsInIrish.com". SongsInIrish.com. Retrieved 28 December 2017.

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