fabhal

Irish

Alternative forms

• fabhall, fábhall

Etymology

From Old Irish fáball (“fable, fiction, romance”), borrowed from Latin fābula.

Noun

fabhal f (genitive singular faibhle, nominative plural faibhle)

1. fable

   Synonym: fabhalscéal

Declension

Declension of fabhal (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fabhal faibhle vocative a fhabhal a fhaibhle genitive faibhle faibhle dative fabhal fabhail (archaic, dialectal) faibhle forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fhabhal na faibhle genitive na faibhle na bhfaibhle dative leis an bhfabhal leis an bhfabhail (archaic, dialectal) don fhabhal don fhabhail (archaic, dialectal) leis na faibhle

Derived terms

• fabhlach, fabhalta (“fabled, fabulous”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fabhal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fabhal	fhabhal	bhfabhal

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