sobalach

Irish

Etymology

sobal (“foam; lather, suds”) +‎ -ach

Adjective

sobalach (genitive singular masculine sobalaigh, genitive singular feminine sobalaí, plural sobalacha, comparative sobalaí)

1. frothy, covered with suds

Declension

Declension of sobalach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	sobalach	shobalach	sobalacha; shobalacha2
vocative	shobalaigh		sobalacha
genitive		sobalaí	sobalacha	sobalach
dative	sobalach; shobalach1	shobalach; shobalaigh (archaic)	sobalacha; shobalacha2
Comparative	níos sobalaí
Superlative	is sobalaí

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 sobalach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sobalach	shobalach after an, tsobalach	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sobalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN