ablálaí

Irish

Etymology

From abláil (“(act of) botching”) +‎ -aí (suffix used to form agent nouns).

Noun

ablálaí m (genitive singular ablálaí, nominative plural ablálaithe)

1. botcher

Declension

Declension of ablálaí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ablálaí ablálaithe vocative a ablálaí a ablálaithe genitive ablálaí ablálaithe dative ablálaí ablálaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ablálaí na hablálaithe genitive an ablálaí na n-ablálaithe dative leis an ablálaí don ablálaí leis na hablálaithe

Mutation

Mutated forms of ablálaí

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ablálaí	n-ablálaí	hablálaí	t-ablálaí

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