sabhs

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From English sauce, from Middle English sauce, from Old French sause, from Latin salsus (“salted”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saus/

Noun

sabhs m (genitive singular saibhse, plural sabhsan)

1. sauce (liquid condiment)

   Synonym: sùgh

2. stock (broth)

Derived terms

• sabhs eisirean (“oyster sauce”)
• sabhs sòighea (“soy sauce”)
• sabhs sgrislich (“tartar sauce”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
sabhs	shabhs after "an", t-sabhs
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.