sobalach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]sobal (“foam; lather, suds”) + -ach
Adjective
[edit]sobalach (genitive singular masculine sobalaigh, genitive singular feminine sobalaí, plural sobalacha, comparative sobalaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of sobalach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | sobalach | shobalach | sobalacha; shobalacha² | |
Vocative | shobalaigh | sobalacha | ||
Genitive | sobalaí | sobalacha | sobalach | |
Dative | sobalach; shobalach¹ |
shobalach; shobalaigh (archaic) |
sobalacha; shobalacha² | |
Comparative | níos sobalaí | |||
Superlative | is sobalaí |
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 |
sobalach | shobalach after an, tsobalach |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sobalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN