sacsafón

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from French saxophone, a combination of the surname of its inventor Adolphe Sax (1814–94) + -o- + -phone (“phone”), from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈsˠaksˠəfˠoːnˠ]

Noun

sacsafón m (genitive singular sacsafóin, nominative plural sacsafóin)

  1. (music) saxophone

Declension
Declension of sacsafón

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sacsafón sacsafóin
Vocative a shacsafóin a shacsafóna
Genitive sacsafóin sacsafón
Dative sacsafón sacsafóin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an sacsafón na sacsafóin
Genitive an tsacsafóin na sacsafón
Dative leis an sacsafón

don sacsafón

 leis na sacsafóin

Derived terms
  • altsacsafón (“alto saxophone”)

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

References
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