séabra

See also: Seabra

Irish

séabra

Etymology

From Italian zebra, from Portuguese zebra, zebro (“zebra”), from Old Galician-Portuguese enzebro, ezebra, azebra (“wild ass”), from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”), from equus (“horse”) + ferus (“wild”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːbˠɾˠə/

Noun

séabra m (genitive singular séabra, nominative plural séabraí)

1. zebra

Declension

Declension of séabra (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative séabra séabraí vocative a shéabra a shéabraí genitive séabra séabraí dative séabra séabraí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an séabra na séabraí genitive an tséabra na séabraí dative leis an séabra don séabra leis na séabraí

Mutation

Mutated forms of séabra

radical	lenition	eclipsis
séabra	shéabra after an, tséabra	not applicable

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