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dabhach

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish dabach (large tub or vat).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dabhach f (genitive singular daibhche, nominative plural dabhcha or dabhacha) or
dabhach f (genitive singular dabhcha, nominative plural dabhchanna or daibhcheanna)

  1. vat, tub
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 62:
      tā n dauəx l̄ān lē fĭōl.
      [Tá an dabhach lán le feoil.]
      The vat is full of meat.
  2. deep waterhole; pool, pond
  3. holy well
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 62:
      xøniḱ myȷ nə šȧxt cȧmpĺ̥, cȧmpl̥̄ viḱ duəx, agəs dauəx ēnə.
      [Chonaic muid na seacht teampaill, teampall Mhic Duach agus dabhach Éanna.]
      We saw the seven churches, Mac Duagh’s church and Enda’s well.

Declension

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Declension of dabhach (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative dabhach dabhcha
vocative a dhabhach a dhabhcha
genitive daibhche dabhcha
dative dabhach
dabhaigh (archaic, dialectal)
dabhcha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an dabhach na dabhcha
genitive na daibhche na ndabhcha
dative leis an dabhach
leis an dabhaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don dabhach
don dabhaigh (archaic, dialectal)
leis na dabhcha
Declension of dabhach (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative dabhach dabhchanna
vocative a dhabhach a dhabhchanna
genitive dabhcha dabhchanna
dative dabhach dabhchanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an dabhach na dabhchanna
genitive na dabhcha na ndabhchanna
dative leis an dabhach
don dabhach
leis na dabhchanna

Alternative plurals: dabhacha, daibhcheanna

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of dabhach
radical lenition eclipsis
dabhach dhabhach ndabhach

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dabach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 62
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 143, page 56

Further reading

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