seabhag

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish sebac, adapted to the suffix -ag.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɔ.ak/[1]

Noun

seabhag f (genitive singular seabhaig, plural seabhagan)

  1. hawk, falcon
    Is duilich seabhag a dhèanamh dhen chlamhan.
    The carrion kite will make a bad hawk.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of seabhag
radical lenition
seabhag sheabhag
after "an", t-seabhag

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

References

  1. ^ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902) “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99‎[1], Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
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