sábh

See also: sàbh

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English saw, from Middle English sawe, from Old English saga, sagu (“saw”), from Proto-Germanic *sagô, *sagō (“saw”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

(Connacht) IPA^(key): /sˠɑːw/

Noun

sábh m (genitive singular sáibh, nominative plural sábha or sábhanna)

saw (tool)

Declension

Weak plural:

Declension of sábh (first declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	sábh	sábha
vocative	a sháibh	a shábha
genitive	sáibh	sábh
dative	sábh	sábha

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an sábh	na sábha
genitive	an tsáibh	na sábh
dative	leis an sábh don sábh	leis na sábha

Strong plural:

Declension of sábh (first declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	sábh	sábhanna
vocative	a sháibh	a shábhanna
genitive	sáibh	sábhanna
dative	sábh	sábhanna

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an sábh	na sábhanna
genitive	an tsáibh	na sábhanna
dative	leis an sábh don sábh	leis na sábhanna

Derived terms

binse sáibh
cros-sábh
eochair sáibh
min sáibh

Verb

sábh (present analytic sábhann, future analytic sábhfaidh, verbal noun sábhadh, past participle sáfa)

to saw

Conjugation

Conjugation of *sábh* (first conjugation – A)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	sábhaim	sábhann tú; sábhair^†	sábhann sé, sí	sábhaimid; sábhann muid	sábhann sibh	sábhann siad; sábhaid^†	a shábhann; a shábhas	sábhtar
past	shábh mé; shábhas	shábh tú; shábhais	shábh sé, sí	shábhamar; shábh muid	shábh sibh; shábhabhair	shábh siad; shábhadar	a shábh	sábhadh
past habitual	shábhainn / sábhainn^‡	shábhtá / sábhtá^‡	shábhadh sé, sí / sábhadh sé, sí^‡	shábhaimis; shábhadh muid / sábhaimis^‡; sábhadh muid^‡	shábhadh sibh / sábhadh sibh^‡	shábhaidís; shábhadh siad / sábhaidís^‡; sábhadh siad^‡	a shábhadh	shábhtaí / sábhtaí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	sábhfaidh mé; sábhfad	sábhfaidh tú; sábhfair^†	sábhfaidh sé, sí	sábhfaimid; sábhfaidh muid	sábhfaidh sibh	sábhfaidh siad; sábhfaid^†	a shábhfaidh; a shábhfas	sábhfar
conditional	shábhfainn / sábhfainn^‡	shábhfá / sábhfá^‡	shábhfadh sé, sí / sábhfadh sé, sí^‡	shábhfaimis; shábhfadh muid / sábhfaimis^‡; sábhfadh muid^‡	shábhfadh sibh / sábhfadh sibh^‡	shábhfaidís; shábhfadh siad / sábhfaidís^‡; sábhfadh siad^‡	a shábhfadh	shábhfaí / sábhfaí^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go sábha mé; go sábhad^†	go sábha tú; go sábhair^†	go sábha sé, sí	go sábhaimid; go sábha muid	go sábha sibh	go sábha siad; go sábhaid^†	—	go sábhtar
past	dá sábhainn	dá sábhtá	dá sábhadh sé, sí	dá sábhaimis; dá sábhadh muid	dá sábhadh sibh	dá sábhaidís; dá sábhadh siad	—	dá sábhtaí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	sábhaim	sábh	sábhadh sé, sí	sábhaimis	sábhaigí; sábhaidh^†	sábhaidís	—	sábhtar

past participle	sáfa

verbal noun	sábhadh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of *sábh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
sábh	shábh after an, tsábh	not applicable

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