abhac
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish abacc (“dwarf”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]abhac m (genitive singular abhaic, nominative plural abhaic)
- dwarf, midget
- Antonym: fathach
- dwarf star
- Synonym: abhacréalta
- Antonym: fathach
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- abhac bán m (“white dwarf”)
- abhac dearg m (“red dwarf”)
- abhac donn m (“brown dwarf”)
- abhac dubh m (“black dwarf”)
- abhacréalta m (“dwarf star”)
- abhaicín m (“manikin, runt”)
- abhcach (“dwarf, dwarfish, pygmy”, adjective)
- fo-abhac m (“subdwarf”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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abhac | n-abhac | habhac | t-abhac |
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) “abhac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “abacc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925). Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt. Belfast: Browne and Nolan.
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “abhac”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “abhac”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024