sacsafón

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from French saxophone, a combination of the surname of its inventor Adolphe Sax (1814–94) + -o- + -phone (“phone”), from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsˠaksˠəfˠoːnˠ]

Noun

sacsafón m (genitive singular sacsafóin, nominative plural sacsafóin)

1. (music) saxophone

Declension

Declension of sacsafón (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sacsafón sacsafóin vocative a shacsafóin a shacsafóna genitive sacsafóin sacsafón dative sacsafón sacsafóin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sacsafón na sacsafóin genitive an tsacsafóin na sacsafón dative leis an sacsafón don sacsafón leis na sacsafóin

Derived terms

• altsacsafón (“alto saxophone”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sacsafón

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sacsafón	shacsafón after an, tsacsafón	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sacsafón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN