fabhal

Irish

Alternative forms

• fabhall, fábhall

Etymology

From Old Irish fáball (“fable, fiction, romance”), borrowed from Latin fābula.

Noun

fabhal f (genitive singular faibhle, nominative plural faibhle)

1. fable

   Synonym: fabhalscéal

Declension

Declension of fabhal

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fabhal faibhle Vocative a fhabhal a fhaibhle Genitive faibhle faibhle Dative fabhal fabhail (archaic, dialectal) faibhle

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhabhal na faibhle Genitive na faibhle na bhfaibhle Dative leis an bhfabhal leis an bhfabhail (archaic, dialectal) don fhabhal don fhabhail (archaic, dialectal) leis na faibhle

Derived terms

• fabhlach, fabhalta (“fabled, fabulous”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fabhal	fhabhal	bhfabhal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fabhal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “fabhal” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.