sábh

See also: sàbh

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English saw, from Middle English sawe, from Old English saga, sagu (saw), from Proto-Germanic *sagô, *sagō (saw), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (to cut).

Pronunciation

Noun

sábh m (genitive singular sáibh, nominative plural sábha or sábhanna)

  1. saw (tool)

Declension

Weak plural:

Declension of sábh (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sábh sábha
vocative a sháibh a shábha
genitive sáibh sábh
dative sábh sábha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sábh na sábha
genitive an tsáibh na sábh
dative leis an sábh
don sábh
leis na sábha

Strong plural:

Declension of sábh (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sábh sábhanna
vocative a sháibh a shábhanna
genitive sáibh sábhanna
dative sábh sábhanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sábh na sábhanna
genitive an tsáibh na sábhanna
dative leis an sábh
don sábh
leis na sábhanna

Derived terms

Verb

sábh (present analytic sábhann, future analytic sábhfaidh, verbal noun sábhadh, past participle sáfa)

  1. to saw

Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of sábh
radical lenition eclipsis
sábh shábh
after an, tsábh
not applicable

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

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