sacsafónaí

Irish

Etymology

From sacsafón (“saxophone”) +‎ -aí.

Noun

sacsafónaí m (genitive singular sacsafónaí, nominative plural sacsafónaithe)

1. saxophonist

Declension

Declension of sacsafónaí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sacsafónaí sacsafónaithe vocative a shacsafónaí a shacsafónaithe genitive sacsafónaí sacsafónaithe dative sacsafónaí sacsafónaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sacsafónaí na sacsafónaithe genitive an tsacsafónaí na sacsafónaithe dative leis an sacsafónaí don sacsafónaí leis na sacsafónaithe

Derived terms

• altsacsafónaí (“alto saxophonist”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sacsafónaí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sacsafónaí	shacsafónaí after an, tsacsafónaí	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) “sacsafónaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN