Irish
Etymology
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Compare abhainn (“river”).
Noun
abhantrach f (genitive singular abhantraí, nominative plural abhantracha)
- river basin
Declension
Declension of abhantrach (second declension)
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Derived terms
- Abhantrach na hAmasóine f (“Amazon Basin”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of abhantrach
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eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| abhantrach
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n-abhantrach
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habhantrach
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not applicable
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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) “abhantrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “abhantrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “abhantrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025