fabhtúil
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fabhtúil (genitive singular masculine fabhtúil, genitive singular feminine fabhtúla, plural fabhtúla, comparative fabhtúla)
- Synonym of fabhtach
Declension
[edit]Declension of fabhtúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fabhtúil | fhabhtúil | fabhtúla; fhabhtúla² | |
Vocative | fhabhtúil | fabhtúla | ||
Genitive | fabhtúla | fabhtúla | fabhtúil | |
Dative | fabhtúil; fhabhtúil¹ |
fhabhtúil | fabhtúla; fhabhtúla² | |
Comparative | níos fabhtúla | |||
Superlative | is fabhtúla |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fabhtúil | fhabhtúil | bhfabhtúil |
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) “fabhtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN