uisce-obach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From uisce (“water”) + -obach (“-tight”).
Adjective
[edit]uisce-obach (genitive singular masculine uisce-obaigh, genitive singular feminine uisce-obaí, plural uisce-obacha, comparative uisce-obaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of uisce-obach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | uisce-obach | uisce-obach | uisce-obacha | |
| Vocative | uisce-obaigh | uisce-obacha | ||
| Genitive | uisce-obaí | uisce-obacha | uisce-obach | |
| Dative | uisce-obach | uisce-obach; uisce-obaigh (archaic) |
uisce-obacha | |
| Comparative | níos uisce-obaí | |||
| Superlative | is uisce-obaí | |||
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| uisce-obach | n-uisce-obach | huisce-obach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uisce-obach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN