sacsafón

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from French saxophone, a combination of the surname of its inventor Adolphe Sax (1814–94) + -o- + -phone (“phone”), from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsˠaksˠəfˠoːnˠ]

Noun

sacsafón m (genitive singular sacsafóin, nominative plural sacsafóin)

  1. (music) saxophone

Declension

Declension of sacsafón (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sacsafón sacsafóin
vocative a shacsafóin a shacsafóna
genitive sacsafóin sacsafón
dative sacsafón sacsafóin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sacsafón na sacsafóin
genitive an tsacsafóin na sacsafón
dative leis an sacsafón
don sacsafón 		leis na sacsafóin

Derived terms

  • altsacsafón (“alto saxophone”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sacsafón
radical lenition eclipsis
sacsafón shacsafón
after an, tsacsafón 		not applicable

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

References

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