uisce-obach

Irish

Etymology

From uisce (“water”) +‎ -obach (“-tight”).

Adjective

uisce-obach (genitive singular masculine uisce-obaigh, genitive singular feminine uisce-obaí, plural uisce-obacha, comparative uisce-obaí)

1. watertight

Declension

Declension of uisce-obach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	uisce-obach	uisce-obach	uisce-obacha
Vocative	uisce-obaigh		uisce-obacha
Genitive		uisce-obaí	uisce-obacha	uisce-obach
Dative	uisce-obach	uisce-obach; uisce-obaigh (archaic)	uisce-obacha
Comparative	níos uisce-obaí
Superlative	is uisce-obaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uisce-obach	n-uisce-obach	huisce-obach	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) “uisce-obach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN