sábh

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Irish

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sábh

Etymology

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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

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Noun

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

  1. saw (tool)

Declension

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Weak plural:

Strong plural:

Derived terms

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Verb

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

  1. to saw

Conjugation

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Mutation

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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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