sáfach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish samthach (“axe-handle”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sáfach f (genitive singular sáfaí, nominative plural sáfacha)

  1. handle (of a weapon or tool)
  2. helve
  3. shaft

Declension

Declension of sáfach (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sáfach sáfacha
vocative a sháfach a sháfacha
genitive sáfaí sáfach
dative sáfach sáfacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tsáfach na sáfacha
genitive na sáfaí na sáfach
dative leis an tsáfach
don tsáfach 		leis na sáfacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of sáfach
radical lenition eclipsis
sáfach sháfach
after an, tsáfach 		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

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