sabhdán

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish sabdán.

Noun

sabhdán m (genitive singular sabhdáin, nominative plural sabhdáin)

sultan (hereditary ruler in various Muslim states)
Synonym: sultán

Declension

Declension of sabhdán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sabhdán	sabhdáin
Vocative	a shabhdáin	a shabhdána
Genitive	sabhdáin	sabhdán
Dative	sabhdán	sabhdáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an sabhdán	na sabhdáin
Genitive	an tsabhdáin	na sabhdán
Dative	leis an sabhdán don sabhdán	leis na sabhdáin

Derived terms

bansabhdán m (“sultana”)
sabhdánacht f (“sultanate”)
sabhdánach m (“sultana raisin”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sabhdán	shabhdán after an, tsabhdán	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sabhdán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“sultan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sabdán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Entries containing “sabhdán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

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