fabht

Irish

Alternative forms
  • fabhta, fobht

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman faute, from Vulgar Latin *fallita (“shortcoming”), feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fˠəut̪ˠ/

Noun

fabht m (genitive singular fabht, nominative plural fabhtanna)

  1. fault, flaw; hidden defect; unsoundness at core

Declension
Declension of fabht

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fabht fabhtanna
Vocative a fhabht a fhabhtanna
Genitive fabht fabhtanna
Dative fabht fabhtanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fabht na fabhtanna
Genitive an fhabht na bhfabhtanna
Dative leis an bhfabht

don fhabht

 leis na fabhtanna

Derived terms

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

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fabht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “fabht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “fabht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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