sábh

See also: sàbh

Irish

sábh

Etymology

Borrowed from English saw, from Middle English sawe, from Old English saga, sagu (saw), from Proto-Germanic *sagô, *sagō (saw), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (to cut).

Pronunciation

Noun

sábh m (genitive singular sáibh, nominative plural sábha or sábhanna)

  1. saw (tool)

Declension

Weak plural:

Strong plural:

Derived terms

Verb

sábh (present analytic sábhann, future analytic sábhfaidh, verbal noun sábhadh, past participle sáfa)

  1. to saw

Conjugation

Mutation

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

Further reading

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