fabhal

Irish

Alternative forms
  • fabhall, fábhall

Etymology

From Old Irish fáball (“fable, fiction, romance”), borrowed from Latin fābula.

Noun

fabhal f (genitive singular faibhle, nominative plural faibhle)

  1. fable
    Synonym: fabhalscéal

Declension
Declension of fabhal

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fabhal faibhle
Vocative a fhabhal a fhaibhle
Genitive faibhle faibhle
Dative fabhal
fabhail (archaic, dialectal)		 faibhle

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fhabhal na faibhle
Genitive na faibhle na bhfaibhle
Dative leis an bhfabhal
leis an bhfabhail (archaic, dialectal)

don fhabhal
don fhabhail (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na faibhle

Derived terms
  • fabhlach, fabhalta (“fabled, fabulous”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fabhal fhabhal bhfabhal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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