fobhtach

Irish

Adjective

fobhtach (genitive singular masculine fobhtaigh, genitive singular feminine fobhtaí, plural fobhtacha, comparative fobhtaí)

1. Alternative form of fabhtach

Declension

Declension of fobhtach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	fobhtach	fhobhtach	fobhtacha; fhobhtacha2
vocative	fhobhtaigh		fobhtacha
genitive		fobhtaí	fobhtacha	fobhtach
dative	fobhtach; fhobhtach1	fhobhtach; fhobhtaigh (archaic)	fobhtacha; fhobhtacha2
Comparative	níos fobhtaí
Superlative	is fobhtaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of fobhtach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fobhtach	fhobhtach	bhfobhtach

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) “fobht(a)”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN