preabán sáile

Irish

Etymology

Literally, “patch of (the) heel”.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˌpʲɾʲabˠan̪ˠ ˈsˠaːlʲə/

Noun

preabán sáile m (genitive singular preabáin sháile, nominative plural preabáin sháile)

1. heeltap

Mutation

Mutated forms of preabán sáile

radical	lenition	eclipsis
preabán sáile	phreabán sáile	bpreabán sáile

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) “preabán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN