seabhac
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish sebac, from Old English heafoc.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
seabhac m (genitive singular seabhaic, nominative plural seabhaic)
- hawk (predatory bird)
Declension[edit]
Declension of seabhac
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms[edit]
- cúb seabhac (“falcons' mews”)
- lus na seabhac (“hawkweed”)
- seabhac buí (“kestrel”)
- seabhac gorm (“peregrine falcon”)
- seabhac seilge (“peregrine falcon”)
- seabhaic mara (“skua”)
- ulchabhán seabhaic tuaisceartach (“northern hawk owl”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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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. |
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sebac, seboc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seabhac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “seabhac” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “seabhac” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 39
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Germanic languages
- Irish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old English
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish first-declension nouns
- ga:Birds of prey