ábhal

See also: abhal

Irish

Alternative forms

• adhbhal

Etymology

From Old Irish adbal

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːvˠəl̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːwəlˠ/, /ˈɑːwəl̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈaːwəlˠ/, /ˈaːwəl̪ˠ/

Adjective

ábhal (genitive singular masculine ábhail, genitive singular feminine áibhle, plural ábhala, comparative áibhle)

1. great, immense, tremendous, vast

Declension

Declension of ábhal

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ábhal	ábhal	ábhala
Vocative	ábhail		ábhala
Genitive		áibhle	ábhala	ábhal
Dative	ábhal	ábhal; ábhail (archaic)	ábhala
Comparative	níos áibhle
Superlative	is áibhle

Derived terms

• ábhalchéim f (“giant-stride”)
• ábhalmhór (“colossal”, adjective)
• áibhle

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ábhal	n-ábhal	hábhal	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) “ábhal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “ábhal” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “ábhal” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.