dabhach
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IrishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish dabach (“large tub or vat with two handles; hollow, pit, pool; measure of land, portion of land”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠəuəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠəuwi/ (corresponding to the spelling dabhaigh)[1]
NounEdit
dabhach f (genitive singular daibhche, nominative plural dabhcha or dabhacha) or
dabhach f (genitive singular dabhcha, nominative plural dabhchanna or daibhcheanna)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of dabhach
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Declension of dabhach
Third declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Alternative plurals: dabhacha, daibhcheanna
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from dabhach
MutationEdit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dabhach | dhabhach | ndabhach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further readingEdit
- "dabhach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “dabach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 56, § 143.