sabhdán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sabdán.

Noun

sabhdán m (genitive singular sabhdáin, nominative plural sabhdáin)

sultan (hereditary ruler in various Muslim states)

Declension

Declension of sabhdán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sabhdán	sabhdáin
Vocative	a shabhdáin	a shabhdána
Genitive	sabhdáin	sabhdán
Dative	sabhdán	sabhdáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an sabhdán	na sabhdáin
Genitive	an tsabhdáin	na sabhdán
Dative	leis an sabhdán don sabhdán	leis na sabhdáin

Derived terms

bansabhdán m (“sultana”)
sabhdánach m (“sultana raisin”)
sabhdánacht f (“sultanate”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sabhdán	shabhdán after an, tsabhdán	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"sabhdán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“sabdán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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