focalbhá

Irish

Etymology

From focal (“word”) +‎ bá (“elision”).

Noun

focalbhá m (genitive singular focalbhá)

1. (grammar, rhetoric) ellipsis

Declension

Declension of focalbhá (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative focalbhá vocative a fhocalbhá genitive focalbhá dative focalbhá forms with the definite article case singular nominative an focalbhá genitive an fhocalbhá dative leis an bhfocalbhá don fhocalbhá

Related terms

• focalbháiteach (“elliptical”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of focalbhá

radical	lenition	eclipsis
focalbhá	fhocalbhá	bhfocalbhá

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) “focalbhá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “focalbhá”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “focalbhá”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024