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sàbhail

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See also: sabhail and sábháil

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle English saven, sauven (from Old French sauver, from Late Latin salvō) + -ail. Compare Irish sábháil.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sàbhail (past shàbhail, future sàbhailidh, verbal noun sàbhaladh, past participle sàbhailte)

  1. save, rescue
  2. save, economise

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of sàbhail
radical lenition
sàbhail shàbhail
after "an", t-sàbhail

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