sacsafón
Irish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French saxophone, a combination of the surname of its inventor Adolphe Sax (1814–94) + -o- + -phone (“phone”), from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsacsafón m (genitive singular sacsafóin, nominative plural sacsafóin)
Declension
editDeclension of sacsafón
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
edit- altsacsafón (“alto saxophone”)
Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sacsafón | shacsafón after an, tsacsafón |
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sacsafón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN