ábhaillí

Irish

Alternative forms

• adhbhaillí

Etymology 1

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Noun

ábhaillí f (genitive singular ábhaillí)

1. 1. playfulness, mischievousness
   2. (as verbal noun) tinkering, playing mischievously

   Synonyms: ábhailleacht, ábhaillíocht

Declension

Declension of ábhaillí (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative ábhaillí vocative a ábhaillí genitive ábhaillí dative ábhaillí forms with the definite article case singular nominative an ábhaillí genitive na hábhaillí dative leis an ábhaillí don ábhaillí

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ábhaillí

1. inflection of ábhailleach (“playful, mischievous”):
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of ábhaillí

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ábhaillí	n-ábhaillí	hábhaillí	not applicable

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ábhaillí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ábhaillí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

References

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