sabhal

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish saball ('barn'), from Latin stabulum.

Pronunciation

Noun

sabhal m (genitive singular sabhail, plural saibhlean)

  1. barn

Mutation

Mutation of sabhal
radical lenition
sabhal shabhal
after "an", t-sabhal

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath