sobalach

Irish

Etymology

sobal (“foam; lather, suds”) +‎ -ach

Adjective

sobalach (genitive singular masculine sobalaigh, genitive singular feminine sobalaí, plural sobalacha, comparative sobalaí)

1. frothy, covered with suds

Declension

Declension of sobalach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	sobalach	shobalach	sobalacha; shobalacha²
Vocative	shobalaigh		sobalacha
Genitive		sobalaí	sobalacha	sobalach
Dative	sobalach; shobalach¹	shobalach; shobalaigh (archaic)	sobalacha; shobalacha²
Comparative	níos sobalaí
Superlative	is sobalaí

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
sobalach	shobalach after an, tsobalach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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