sabhaircín
Irish
Alternative forms
- sabharcán, samhaircín, samharcán, sobhaircín, sobharcán
Etymology
From Middle Irish sobirgin, sobairgin, soibearcan, soigerin, from sobairce + -ín.
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠeːɾˠkanˠ/, (older) /ˈsˠɤːɾˠkanˠ/[1] (corresponding to the form sabharcán)
Noun
sabhaircín m (genitive singular sabhaircín, nominative plural sabhaircíní)
- primrose (plant of the genus Primula)
Declension
Declension of sabhaircín
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Further reading
- “sabhaircín” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sobaircín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “saṁaircín” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 591.
- "sabhaircín" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 30