ábhailleach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Adjective

ábhailleach (genitive singular masculine ábhailligh, genitive singular feminine ábhaillí, plural ábhailleacha, comparative ábhaillí)

  1. playful, mischievous, impish, roguish, whimsical

Declension

Declension of ábhailleach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ábhailleach ábhailleach ábhailleacha
vocative ábhailligh ábhailleacha
genitive ábhaillí ábhailleacha ábhailleach
dative ábhailleach ábhailleach;
ábhailligh (archaic) 		ábhailleacha
Comparative níos ábhaillí
Superlative is ábhaillí
  • ábhaillí f (“playfulness, mischievousness; tinkering, playing mischievously”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ábhailleach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ábhailleach n-ábhailleach hábhailleach not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
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