abhógach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From abhóg (“bound, jump; bad impulse”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]abhógach (genitive singular masculine abhógaigh, genitive singular feminine abhógaí, plural abhógacha, comparative abhógaí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | abhógach | abhógach | abhógacha | |
| vocative | abhógaigh | abhógacha | ||
| genitive | abhógaí | abhógacha | abhógach | |
| dative | abhógach | abhógach; abhógaigh (archaic) |
abhógacha | |
| Comparative | níos abhógaí | |||
| Superlative | is abhógaí | |||
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| abhógach | n-abhógach | habhógach | 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) “abhógach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “abhógach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm