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sábháil

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See also: sabhail and sàbhail

Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle English saven, sauven (from Old French sauver, from Late Latin salvō) + -áil. Compare Scottish Gaelic sàbhail.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sábháil (present analytic sábhálann, future analytic sábhálfaidh, verbal noun sábháil, past participle sábháilte)

  1. to save, rescue, deliver
  2. to preserve, secure
  3. (agriculture, of crops) to harvest
  4. (sports) to save, make a save
    Synonym: sáraigh

Conjugation

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Noun

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sábháil f (genitive singular sábhála)

  1. verbal noun of sábháil
  2. rescue, deliverance
  3. preservation, security
  4. (sports, etc.) save
    Synonym: sárú
  5. (agriculture, of crops) harvesting
    Synonyms: baint an fhómhair, déanamh an fhómhair, buaint, buainteoireacht, fómhar, baint

Declension

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Declension of sábháil (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative sábháil
vocative a shábháil
genitive sábhála
dative sábháil
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an tsábháil
genitive na sábhála
dative leis an tsábháil
don tsábháil

Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of sábháil
radical lenition eclipsis
sábháil shábháil
after an, tsábháil
not applicable

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

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 185, page 93
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 77, page 33

Further reading

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