sabhaircín

Irish

Alternative forms

  • sabharcán, samhaircín, samharcán, sobhaircín, sobharcán[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish sobirgin, sobairgin, soibearcan, soigerin, from sobairce + -ín.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠeːɾˠkanˠ/, (older) /ˈsˠɤːɾˠkanˠ/[3] (corresponding to the form sabharcán)

Noun

sabhaircín m (genitive singular sabhaircín, nominative plural sabhaircíní)

  1. primrose (plant of the genus Primula)

Declension

Declension of sabhaircín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sabhaircín sabhaircíní
vocative a shabhaircín a shabhaircíní
genitive sabhaircín sabhaircíní
dative sabhaircín sabhaircíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sabhaircín na sabhaircíní
genitive an tsabhaircín na sabhaircíní
dative leis an sabhaircín
don sabhaircín 		leis na sabhaircíní

References

  1. ^ “sabhaircín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sobaircín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 30

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