ablach
Irish
editEtymology 1
editPerhaps from or related to Middle Irish apach (“corpse, remains, entrails”) (see abach).
Noun
editablach m (genitive singular ablaigh, nominative plural ablaigh)
Declension
editDeclension of ablach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Etymology 2
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
editablach (genitive singular masculine ablaigh, genitive singular feminine ablaí, plural ablacha, comparative ablaí)
Declension
editDeclension of ablach
Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ablach | n-ablach | hablach | t-ablach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ablach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ablach (‘carcass, carrion’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ablach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ablach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scots
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAkin to Old Irish ablach (“carcass, corpse, carrion”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈɑbləx/
- (Northern Scots) IPA(key): /ˈɑblɪç/
- (Doric Scots) IPA(key): /ˈeblɪç/
Noun
editablach (plural ablachs)
- A mangled carcass or dead body.
- A body not necessarily dead but maimed or reduced to a pitiable condition.
- An insignificant or contemptible person through lack of size or defect of will or intellect.
- An untidy or clumsy person.
- (humorous) child
- An object defective through lack of size.
References
edit- “ablach, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.