abhlach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ablach (“having apple-trees”, adjective), from aball (“apple”) (modern úll) + -ach.

Adjective

abhlach (genitive singular masculine abhlaigh, genitive singular feminine abhlaí, plural abhlacha)

1. of (many) apple trees

Declension

Declension of abhlach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	abhlach	abhlach	abhlacha
Vocative	abhlaigh		abhlacha
Genitive		abhlaí	abhlacha	abhlach
Dative	abhlach	abhlach; abhlaigh (archaic)	abhlacha
Comparative	níos abhlaí
Superlative	is abhlaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
abhlach	n-abhlach	habhlach	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) “abhlach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 ablach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language