fabhtúil

Irish

Etymology

From fabht +‎ -úil.

Adjective

fabhtúil (genitive singular masculine fabhtúil, genitive singular feminine fabhtúla, plural fabhtúla, comparative fabhtúla)

1. Synonym of fabhtach

Declension

Declension of fabhtúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fabhtúil	fhabhtúil	fabhtúla; fhabhtúla²
Vocative	fhabhtúil		fabhtúla
Genitive		fabhtúla	fabhtúla	fabhtúil
Dative	fabhtúil; fhabhtúil¹	fhabhtúil	fabhtúla; fhabhtúla²
Comparative	níos fabhtúla
Superlative	is fabhtúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fabhtúil	fhabhtúil	bhfabhtúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fabhtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN