séabra

See also: Seabra

Irish

Etymology

From Italian zebra, from Portuguese zebra, zebro (zebra), from Old Galician-Portuguese enzebro, ezebra, azebra (wild ass), from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (wild horse), from equus (horse) + ferus (wild).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃeːbˠɾˠə/

Noun

séabra m (genitive singular séabra, nominative plural séabraí)

  1. zebra

Declension

Declension of séabra (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative séabra séabraí
vocative a shéabra a shéabraí
genitive séabra séabraí
dative séabra séabraí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an séabra na séabraí
genitive an tséabra na séabraí
dative leis an séabra
don séabra
leis na séabraí

Mutation

Mutated forms of séabra
radical lenition eclipsis
séabra shéabra
after an, tséabra
not applicable

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