seabhag

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish sebac, adapted to the suffix -ag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃo.ak/

Noun

seabhag f (genitive singular seabhaig, plural seabhagan)

1. hawk, falcon

   Is duilich seabhag a dhèanamh dhen chlamhan.

   The carrion kite will make a bad hawk.

Derived terms

• seabhag-ghorm (“peregrine falcon”)
• seabhag-mhòr-na-seilge (“gyrfalcon”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
seabhag	sheabhag after "an", t-seabhag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.