abhógach

Irish

Etymology

From abhóg (“bound, jump; bad impulse”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

abhógach (genitive singular masculine abhógaigh, genitive singular feminine abhógaí, plural abhógacha, comparative abhógaí)

1. bounding
2. unreliable

Declension

Declension of abhógach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	abhógach	abhógach	abhógacha
vocative	abhógaigh		abhógacha
genitive		abhógaí	strong noun	weak noun
			abhógacha	abhógach
dative	abhógach	abhógach; abhógaigh (archaic)	abhógacha
Comparative	níos abhógaí
Superlative	is abhógaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of abhógach

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abhógach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “abhógach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm