sebac

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English heafoc, from Proto-Germanic *habukaz. The change of initial consonant is due to a reinterpretation of /h/ as the lenited equivalent of /s/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʲevak/

Noun

sebac m

1. hawk

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: seabhac
• Manx: shawk
• Scottish Gaelic: seabhag

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
sebac	ṡebac	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.