sabhdán

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish sabdán, from Middle French sultan (assimilated to the suffix -án), from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan) and/or Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠɑuˈd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈsˠaud̪ˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈsˠaud̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠaud̪ˠanˠ/, /ˈsˠaud̪ˠan̪ˠ/

Noun

sabhdán m (genitive singular sabhdáin, nominative plural sabhdáin)

  1. sultan (hereditary ruler in various Muslim states)
    Synonym: sultán

Declension

Declension of sabhdán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sabhdán sabhdáin
vocative a shabhdáin a shabhdána
genitive sabhdáin sabhdán
dative sabhdán sabhdáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sabhdán na sabhdáin
genitive an tsabhdáin na sabhdán
dative leis an sabhdán
don sabhdán 		leis na sabhdáin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of sabhdán
radical lenition eclipsis
sabhdán shabhdán
after an, tsabhdán 		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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