fabhraíoch
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From fabhraí (“eyelashes”) + -ach.
Adjective[edit]
fabhraíoch (genitive singular masculine fabhraíoch, genitive singular feminine fabhraíche, plural fabhraíocha, not comparable)
Declension[edit]
Declension of fabhraíoch
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fabhraíoch | fhabhraíoch | fabhraíocha; fhabhraíocha² | |
| Vocative | fhabhraíoch | fabhraíocha | ||
| Genitive | fabhraíche | fabhraíocha | fabhraíoch | |
| Dative | fabhraíoch; fhabhraíoch¹ |
fhabhraíoch | fabhraíocha; fhabhraíocha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
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 |
| fabhraíoch | fhabhraíoch | bhfabhraíoch |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fabhraíoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN