sobalach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
sobal (“foam; lather, suds”) + -ach
Adjective edit
sobalach (genitive singular masculine sobalaigh, genitive singular feminine sobalaí, plural sobalacha, comparative sobalaí)
Declension edit
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 edit
| 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 edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sobalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN