sabdán

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Middle French sultan (assimilated to the suffix -án), from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan) and/or Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaβdaːn/

Noun

sabdán m

  1. sultan

Descendants

  • Irish: sabhdán

Mutation

Mutation of sabdán
radical lenition nasalization
sabdán ṡabdán unchanged

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

Further reading

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