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

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Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
seabhac sheabhac
after an, tseabhac
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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