fabht

Irish

Alternative forms

  • fabhta, fobht

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman faute, from Vulgar Latin *fallita (“shortcoming”), feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fˠəut̪ˠ/

Noun

fabht m (genitive singular fabht, nominative plural fabhtanna)

  1. fault, flaw; hidden defect; unsoundness at core

Declension

Declension of fabht (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fabht fabhtanna
vocative a fhabht a fhabhtanna
genitive fabht fabhtanna
dative fabht fabhtanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fabht na fabhtanna
genitive an fhabht na bhfabhtanna
dative leis an bhfabht
don fhabht 		leis na fabhtanna

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fabht
radical lenition eclipsis
fabht fhabht bhfabht

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

Further reading

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