focalbhá

Irish

Etymology

From focal (“word”) +‎ bá (“elision”).

Noun

focalbhá m (genitive singular focalbhá)

1. (grammar, rhetoric) ellipsis

Declension

Declension of focalbhá

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative focalbhá Vocative a fhocalbhá Genitive focalbhá Dative focalbhá

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an focalbhá Genitive an fhocalbhá Dative leis an bhfocalbhá don fhocalbhá

Related terms

• focalbháiteach (“elliptical”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
focalbhá	fhocalbhá	bhfocalbhá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “focalbhá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “focalbhá”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “focalbhá”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024