seabhac

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sebac, from Old English heafoc.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

seabhac m (genitive singular seabhaic, nominative plural seabhaic)

  1. hawk (predatory bird)
  2. falcon

Declension

Declension of seabhac (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative seabhac seabhaic
vocative a sheabhaic a sheabhaca
genitive seabhaic seabhac
dative seabhac seabhaic
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an seabhac na seabhaic
genitive an tseabhaic na seabhac
dative leis an seabhac
don seabhac 		leis na seabhaic

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of seabhac
radical lenition eclipsis
seabhac sheabhac
after an, tseabhac 		not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sebac, seboc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 74, page 39
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 352, page 121

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