fabhtach
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From fabht (“fault, flaw; hidden defect; unsoundness at core”) + -ach.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
fabhtach (genitive singular masculine fabhtaigh, genitive singular feminine fabhtaí, plural fabhtacha, comparative fabhtaí)
Declension edit
Declension of fabhtach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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 edit
Related terms edit
- fabhtacht (“hollowness, unsoundness; deceptiveness”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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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 edit
- 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