preabán sáile

Irish

Etymology

Literally, “patch of (the) heel”.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˌpʲɾʲabˠan̪ˠ ˈsˠaːlʲə/[1]

Noun

preabán sáile m (genitive singular preabáin sháile, nominative plural preabáin sháile)

  1. heeltap

Mutation

Mutated forms of preabán sáile
radical lenition eclipsis
preabán sáile phreabán sáile bpreabán sáile

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 100

Further reading

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