focalbhá

Irish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From focal (“word”) +‎ bá (“elision”).

Noun

focalbhá m (genitive singular focalbhá)

1. (grammar, rhetoric) ellipsis

Declension

Declension of focalbhá

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative focalbhá Vocative a fhocalbhá Genitive focalbhá Dative focalbhá

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an focalbhá Genitive an fhocalbhá Dative leis an bhfocalbhá don fhocalbhá

Related terms

• focalbháiteach (“elliptical”)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “focalbhá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN