cros-sábh

Irish

Etymology

From cros- (“cross-”) +‎ sábh (“saw”).

Noun

cros-sábh m (genitive singular cros-sáibh, nominative plural cros-sábha)

1. crosscut saw

Declension

Declension of cros-sábh (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cros-sábh cros-sábha vocative a chros-sáibh a chros-sábha genitive cros-sáibh cros-sábh dative cros-sábh cros-sábha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cros-sábh na cros-sábha genitive an chros-sáibh na gcros-sábh dative leis an gcros-sábh don chros-sábh leis na cros-sábha

Mutation

Mutated forms of cros-sábh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cros-sábh	chros-sábh	gcros-sábh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cros-sábh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cros-sábh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm