seabhac

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sebac, from Old English heafoc, from Proto-Germanic *habukaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃəuk/

Noun

seabhac m (genitive singular seabhaic, nominative plural seabhaic)

hawk (predatory bird)

Declension

Declension of seabhac

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	seabhac	seabhaic
Vocative	a sheabhaic	a sheabhaca
Genitive	seabhaic	seabhac
Dative	seabhac	seabhaic

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an seabhac	na seabhaic
Genitive	an tseabhaic	na seabhac
Dative	leis an seabhac don seabhac	leis na seabhaic

Derived terms

cúb seabhac (“falcons' mews”)
lus na seabhac (“hawkweed”)
seabhac buí (“kestrel”)
seabhac gorm, seabhac seilge (“peregrine falcon”)
ulchabhán seabhaic tuaisceartach (“northern hawk owl”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

“sebac, seboc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
"seabhac" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “seabhac” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “seabhac” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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