abarlach

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

abarlach f (genitive singular abarlaí, nominative plural abarlacha)

1. slovenly person, slut, slattern

Declension

Declension of abarlach (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative abarlach abarlacha vocative a abarlach a abarlacha genitive abarlaí abarlach dative abarlach abarlacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an abarlach na habarlacha genitive na habarlaí na n-abarlach dative leis an abarlach don abarlach leis na habarlacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of abarlach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
abarlach	n-abarlach	habarlach	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

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