ábhach

Irish

Alternative forms

• áfach

Etymology

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Noun

ábhach m (genitive singular ábhaigh, nominative plural ábhaigh)

1. hole, recess

Declension

Declension of ábhach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ábhach ábhaigh vocative a ábhaigh a ábhacha genitive ábhaigh ábhach dative ábhach ábhaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ábhach na hábhaigh genitive an ábhaigh na n-ábhach dative leis an ábhach don ábhach leis na hábhaigh

Derived terms

• ábhach gliomach m (“lobsterhole”)
• ábhach luiche m (“mousehole”)
• ábhach portán m (“crabhole”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of ábhach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ábhach	n-ábhach	hábhach	t-ábhach

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ábhach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN