sàbhail

See also: sabhail and sábháil

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle English saven, sauven (from Old French sauver, from Late Latin salvō) + -ail. Compare Irish sábháil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaːval/

Verb

sàbhail (past shàbhail, future sàbhailidh, verbal noun sàbhaladh, past participle sàbhailte)

  1. save, rescue
  2. save, economise

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of sàbhail
radical lenition
sàbhail shàbhail
after "an", t-sàbhail

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

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