seafaid
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish sechbath (“heifer”).
Noun
seafaid f (genitive singular seafaide, nominative plural seafaidí)
Declension
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Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| seafaid | sheafaid after an, tseafaid |
not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seafaid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sechbath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language