abstal

Irish

Noun

abstal m (genitive singular abstail, nominative plural abstail)

1. Alternative form of aspal (“apostle”)

Declension

Declension of abstal (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative abstal abstail vocative a abstail a abstala genitive abstail abstal dative abstal abstail forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-abstal na habstail genitive an abstail na n-abstal dative leis an abstal don abstal leis na habstail

Mutation

Mutated forms of abstal

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
abstal	n-abstal	habstal	t-abstal

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) “abstal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Noun

abstal m

1. Alternative spelling of apstal

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	abstal	abstalL	abstailL, abstil
vocative	abstail, abstil	abstalL	abstaluH
accusative	abstalN	abstalL	abstaluH
genitive	abstailL, abstil	abstal	abstalN
dative	abstulL	abstalaib, abstolaib	abstalaib, abstolaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of abstal

radical	lenition	nasalization
abstal (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-abstal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.