sábh

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Irish

sábh

Etymology

Borrowed from English saw, from Middle English sawe, from Old English saga, sagu (“saw”), from Proto-Germanic *sagô, *sagō (“saw”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sábh m (genitive singular sáibh, nominative plural sábha or sábhanna)

  1. saw (tool)

Declension

Weak plural:

Declension of sábh (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative sábh sábha
vocative a sháibh a shábha
genitive sáibh sábh
dative sábh sábha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an sábh na sábha
genitive an tsáibh na sábh
dative leis an sábh
don sábh 		leis na sábha

Strong plural:

Declension of sábh (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative sábh sábhanna
vocative a sháibh a shábhanna
genitive sáibh sábhanna
dative sábh sábhanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an sábh na sábhanna
genitive an tsáibh na sábhanna
dative leis an sábh
don sábh 		leis na sábhanna

Derived terms

Verb

sábh (present analytic sábhann, future analytic sábhfaidh, verbal noun sábhadh, past participle sáfa)

  1. to saw

Conjugation

conjugation of sábh (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present sábhaim sábhann tú;
sábhair† 		sábhann sé, sí sábhaimid sábhann sibh sábhann siad;
sábhaid† 		a shábhann; a shábhas /
a sábhann* 		sábhtar
past shábh mé; shábhas shábh tú; shábhais shábh sé, sí shábhamar; shábh muid shábh sibh; shábhabhair shábh siad; shábhadar a shábh /
ar shábh* 		sábhadh
past habitual shábhainn / sábhainn‡‡ shábhtá / sábhtᇇ shábhadh sé, sí / sábhadh sé, s퇇 shábhaimis; shábhadh muid / sábhaimis‡‡; sábhadh muid‡‡ shábhadh sibh / sábhadh sibh‡‡ shábhaidís; shábhadh siad / sábhaidís‡‡; sábhadh siad‡‡ a shábhadh /
a sábhadh* 		shábhtaí / sábhta퇇
future sábhfaidh mé;
sábhfad 		sábhfaidh tú;
sábhfair† 		sábhfaidh sé, sí sábhfaimid;
sábhfaidh muid 		sábhfaidh sibh sábhfaidh siad;
sábhfaid† 		a shábhfaidh; a shábhfas /
a sábhfaidh* 		sábhfar
conditional shábhfainn / sábhfainn‡‡ shábhfá / sábhfᇇ shábhfadh sé, sí / sábhfadh sé, s퇇 shábhfaimis; shábhfadh muid / sábhfaimis‡‡; sábhfadh muid‡‡ shábhfadh sibh / sábhfadh sibh‡‡ shábhfaidís; shábhfadh siad / sábhfaidís‡‡; sábhfadh siad‡‡ a shábhfadh /
a sábhfadh* 		shábhfaí / sábhfa퇇
subjunctive present go sábha mé;
go sábhad† 		go sábha tú;
go sábhair† 		go sábha sé, sí go sábhaimid;
go sábha muid 		go sábha sibh go sábha siad;
go sábhaid† 		— go sábhtar
past dá sábhainn dá sábhtá dá sábhadh sé, sí dá sábhaimis;
dá sábhadh muid 		dá sábhadh sibh dá sábhaidís;
dá sábhadh siad 		— dá sábhtaí
imperative sábhaim sábh sábhadh sé, sí sábhaimis sábhaigí;
sábhaidh† 		sábhaidís — sábhtar
verbal noun sábhadh
past participle sáfa

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of sábh
radical lenition eclipsis
sábh shábh
after an, tsábh 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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