fabhtach
Irish
Alternative forms
Adjective
fabhtach (genitive singular masculine fabhtaigh, genitive singular feminine fabhtaí, plural fabhtacha, comparative fabhtaí)
Declension
Declension of fabhtach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fabhtach | fhabhtach | fabhtacha; fhabhtacha² | |
| Vocative | fhabhtaigh | fabhtacha | ||
| Genitive | fabhtaí | fabhtacha | fabhtach | |
| Dative | fabhtach; fhabhtach¹ |
fhabhtach; fhabhtaigh (archaic) |
fabhtacha; fhabhtacha² | |
| Comparative | níos fabhtaí | |||
| Superlative | is fabhtaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
Related terms
- fabhtacht (“hollowness, unsoundness; deceptiveness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fabhtach | fhabhtach | bhfabhtach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fabhtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “fabhtach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “fabhtach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 63
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