seabhac

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sebac, from Old English heafoc.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ʃauk/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ʃoːk/

Noun

seabhac m (genitive singular seabhaic, nominative plural seabhaic)

1. 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 (“peregrine falcon”)
• seabhac seilge (“peregrine falcon”)
• seabhaic mara (“skua”)
• 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

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sebac, seboc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seabhac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• 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.
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 39