dabhach

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IrishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• dabhaich
• dabhaigh
• dumhach

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish dabach (“large tub or vat with two handles; hollow, pit, pool; measure of land, portion of land”).

NounEdit

dabhach f (genitive singular daibhche, nominative plural dabhcha)

1. vat, tub
2. deep waterhole; pool, pond
3. holy well

DeclensionEdit

Declension of dabhach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative dabhach dabhcha Vocative a dhabhach a dhabhcha Genitive daibhche dabhcha Dative dabhach dabhcha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an dabhach na dabhcha Genitive na daibhche na ndabhcha Dative leis an dabhach don dabhach leis na dabhcha

Declension of dabhach

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative dabhach dabhchanna Vocative a dhabhach a dhabhchanna Genitive dabhcha dabhchanna Dative dabhach dabhchanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an dabhach na dabhchanna Genitive na dabhcha na ndabhchanna Dative leis an dabhach don dabhach leis na dabhchanna

Derived termsEdit

• dabhach éisc f (“fish-pond”)
• dabhach fholctha f (“bath-tub”)
• dabhach lín f (“flax-pond”)
• dabhach tine f (“round low-built fire”)

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dabhach	dhabhach	ndabhach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ReferencesEdit

• "dabhach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “dabach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.