fabhtach

Irish

Alternative forms

• fobhtach

Etymology

From fabht (“fault, flaw; hidden defect; unsoundness at core”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠaut̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠəut̪ˠa(x)/

Adjective

fabhtach (genitive singular masculine fabhtaigh, genitive singular feminine fabhtaí, plural fabhtacha, comparative fabhtaí)

1. faulty, flawed; hollow at core, unsound
2. deceptive, treacherous

Declension

Declension of fabhtach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fabhtach	fhabhtach	fabhtacha; fhabhtacha²
Vocative	fhabhtaigh		fabhtacha
Genitive		fabhtaí	fabhtacha	fabhtach
Dative	fabhtach; fhabhtach¹	fhabhtach; fhabhtaigh (archaic)	fabhtacha; fhabhtacha²
Comparative	níos fabhtaí
Superlative	is fabhtaí

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

Synonyms

• fabhtaithe, fabhtúil

Related terms

• fabhtacht (“hollowness, unsoundness; deceptiveness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fabhtach	fhabhtach	bhfabhtach
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
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fabhtach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fabhtach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 63