ábhach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Noun

ábhach m (genitive singular ábhaigh, nominative plural ábhaigh)

  1. hole, recess

Declension

Declension of ábhach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ábhach ábhaigh
vocative a ábhaigh a ábhacha
genitive ábhaigh ábhach
dative ábhach ábhaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-ábhach na hábhaigh
genitive an ábhaigh na n-ábhach
dative leis an ábhach
don ábhach 		leis na hábhaigh

Derived terms

  • ábhach gliomach m (“lobsterhole”)
  • ábhach luiche m (“mousehole”)
  • ábhach portán m (“crabhole”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ábhach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ábhach n-ábhach hábhach t-ábhach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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