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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)
- hawk (predatory bird)
- falcon
Declension
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Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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seabhac
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sheabhac after an, tseabhac
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not applicable
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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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References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sebac, seboc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 74, page 39
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 352, page 121
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seabhac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seabhac”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “seabhac”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024