fabht

Irish

Alternative forms

• fabhta, fobht

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman faute, from Vulgar Latin *fallita (“shortcoming”), feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fˠəut̪ˠ/

Noun

fabht m (genitive singular fabht, nominative plural fabhtanna)

1. fault, flaw; hidden defect; unsoundness at core

Declension

Declension of fabht (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fabht fabhtanna vocative a fhabht a fhabhtanna genitive fabht fabhtanna dative fabht fabhtanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fabht na fabhtanna genitive an fhabht na bhfabhtanna dative leis an bhfabht don fhabht leis na fabhtanna

Derived terms

• fabhtach
• fabhtacht
• fabhtcheartaigh
• fabhtóg
• ionfhabhtaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of fabht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fabht	fhabht	bhfabht

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) “fabht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fabht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fabht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025