abach
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish apach n (“corpse, remains; entrails”).
Noun
abach m (genitive singular abaigh)
- (literary) entrails
Declension
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Derived terms
- abach a dhéanamh ar (“to botch”)
Mutation
| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| abach | n-abach | habach | t-abach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “apach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language