dabhach

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IrishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• dabhaich
• dabhaigh (Ulster)
• dumhach

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)

NounEdit

dabhach f (genitive singular daibhche, nominative plural dabhcha or dabhacha) or
dabhach f (genitive singular dabhcha, nominative plural dabhchanna or daibhcheanna)

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 dabhaigh (archaic, dialectal) dabhcha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an dabhach na dabhcha Genitive na daibhche na ndabhcha Dative leis an dabhach leis an dabhaigh (archaic, dialectal) don dabhach don dabhaigh (archaic, dialectal) 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

Alternative plurals: dabhacha, daibhcheanna

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from dabhach

• dabhach éisc
• dabhach fholctha

• dabhach lín
• dabhach tine

• dabhchach
• daibhchín

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.

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.

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