ábhailleach

Irish

Alternative forms

• adhbhailleach

Etymology

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Adjective

ábhailleach (genitive singular masculine ábhailligh, genitive singular feminine ábhaillí, plural ábhailleacha, comparative ábhaillí)

1. playful, mischievous, impish, roguish, whimsical

Declension

Declension of ábhailleach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ábhailleach	ábhailleach	ábhailleacha
Vocative	ábhailligh		ábhailleacha
Genitive		ábhaillí	ábhailleacha	ábhailleach
Dative	ábhailleach	ábhailleach; ábhailligh (archaic)	ábhailleacha
Comparative	níos ábhaillí
Superlative	is ábhaillí

Related terms

• ábhaillí f (“playfulness, mischievousness; tinkering, playing mischievously”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ábhailleach	n-ábhailleach	hábhailleach	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) “ábhailleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ábhailleach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ábhailleach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024