Sadhbh

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saɪv/
  • Rhymes: -aɪv

Proper noun

Sadhbh

  1. A female given name from Irish.

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish Sadb, from Old Irish Sadb, from Proto-Celtic *swadwā, feminine derivative of *swādus (“sweet”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠəi̯vˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠaːwə/[2] (as if spelled Sábha)

Proper noun

Sadhbh f (genitive Sadhbh or Saidhbhe)

  1. a female given name from Old Irish

Mutation

Mutated forms of Sadhbh
radical lenition eclipsis
Sadhbh Shadhbh
after an, tSadhbh 		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

  1. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 155, 160
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 17, page 10
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