See also: sàbh

Irish edit

 
sábh

Etymology edit

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 edit

Noun edit

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

  1. saw (tool)

Declension edit

Weak plural:

Strong plural:

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

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

  1. to saw

Conjugation edit

Mutation edit

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 edit