ábhach

Irish

Alternative forms

• áfach

Etymology

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Noun

ábhach m (genitive singular ábhaigh, nominative plural ábhaigh)

1. hole, recess

Declension

Declension of ábhach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ábhach ábhaigh Vocative a ábhaigh a ábhacha Genitive ábhaigh ábhach Dative ábhach ábhaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ábhach na hábhaigh Genitive an ábhaigh na n-ábhach Dative leis an ábhach don ábhach leis na hábhaigh

Derived terms

• ábhach gliomach m (“lobsterhole”)
• ábhach luiche m (“mousehole”)
• ábhach portán m (“crabhole”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ábhach	n-ábhach	hábhach	t-ábhach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ábhach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN