sacsafón

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from French saxophone, a combination of the surname of its inventor Adolphe Sax (1814–94) + -o- + -phone (“phone”), from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsˠaksˠəfˠoːnˠ]

Noun

sacsafón m (genitive singular sacsafóin, nominative plural sacsafóin)

1. (music) saxophone

Declension

Declension of sacsafón

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative sacsafón sacsafóin Vocative a shacsafóin a shacsafóna Genitive sacsafóin sacsafón Dative sacsafón sacsafóin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an sacsafón na sacsafóin Genitive an tsacsafóin na sacsafón Dative leis an sacsafón don sacsafón leis na sacsafóin

Derived terms

• altsacsafón (“alto saxophone”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sacsafón	shacsafón after an, tsacsafón	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) “sacsafón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN