seabhac

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sebac, from Old English heafoc, from Proto-Germanic *habukaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃəuk/

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, seabhac seilge (“peregrine falcon”)
• 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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seabhac”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “seabhac”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024