ábhailleach
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
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Adjective
ábhailleach (genitive singular masculine ábhailligh, genitive singular feminine ábhaillí, plural ábhailleacha, comparative ábhaillí)
Declension
Declension of ábhailleach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ábhailleach | ábhailleach | ábhailleacha | |
| Vocative | ábhailligh | ábhailleacha | ||
| Genitive | ábhaillí | ábhailleacha | ábhailleach | |
| Dative | ábhailleach | ábhailleach; ábhailligh (archaic) |
ábhailleacha | |
| Comparative | níos ábhaillí | |||
| Superlative | is ábhaillí | |||
Related terms
- ábhaillí f (“playfulness, mischievousness; tinkering, playing mischievously”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ábhailleach | n-ábhailleach | hábhailleach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ábhailleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “ábhailleach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “ábhailleach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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