ábhailleach
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
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Adjective
[edit]ábhailleach (genitive singular masculine ábhailligh, genitive singular feminine ábhaillí, plural ábhailleacha, comparative ábhaillí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | ábhailleach | ábhailleach | ábhailleacha | |
| vocative | ábhailligh | ábhailleacha | ||
| genitive | ábhaillí | ábhailleacha | ábhailleach | |
| dative | ábhailleach | ábhailleach; ábhailligh (archaic) |
ábhailleacha | |
| Comparative | níos ábhaillí | |||
| Superlative | is ábhaillí | |||
Related terms
[edit]- ábhaillí f (“playfulness, mischievousness; tinkering, playing mischievously”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| ábhailleach | n-ábhailleach | hábhailleach | 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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ábhailleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ábhailleach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ábhailleach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024