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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle English saven, sauven (from Old French sauver, from Late Latin salvō) + -ail. Compare Irish sábháil.
Pronunciation
Verb
sàbhail (past shàbhail, future sàbhailidh, verbal noun sàbhaladh, past participle sàbhailte)
- save, rescue
- save, economise
Derived terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| sàbhail |
shàbhail
after "an", t-sàbhail
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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