sáfach

Irish

Alternative forms

• samhthach, sámhthach

Etymology

From Old Irish samthach (“axe-handle”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːfˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsaːfˠa(x)/

Noun

sáfach f (genitive singular sáfaí, nominative plural sáfacha)

1. handle (of a weapon or tool)
2. helve
3. shaft

Declension

Declension of sáfach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative sáfach sáfacha Vocative a sháfach a sháfacha Genitive sáfaí sáfach Dative sáfach sáfacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tsáfach na sáfacha Genitive na sáfaí na sáfach Dative leis an tsáfach don tsáfach leis na sáfacha

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sáfach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN