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sebac

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old English heafoc. The change of initial consonant is due to a reinterpretation of /h/ as the lenited equivalent of /s/.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sebac m

  1. hawk

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative sebac sebacL sebaicL
Vocative sebaic sebacL sebcuH
Accusative sebacN sebacL sebcuH
Genitive sebaicL sebac sebacN
Dative sebucL sebcaib sebcaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Irish: seabhac
  • Manx: shawk
  • Scottish Gaelic: seabhag

Mutation

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Mutation of sebac
radical lenition nasalization
sebac ṡebac unchanged

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