sobalach

Irish

Etymology

sobal (“foam; lather, suds”) +‎ -ach

Adjective

sobalach (genitive singular masculine sobalaigh, genitive singular feminine sobalaí, plural sobalacha, comparative sobalaí)

  1. frothy, covered with suds

Declension

Declension of sobalach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative sobalach shobalach sobalacha;
shobalacha2
vocative shobalaigh sobalacha
genitive sobalaí sobalacha sobalach
dative sobalach;
shobalach1 		shobalach;
shobalaigh (archaic) 		sobalacha;
shobalacha2
Comparative níos sobalaí
Superlative is sobalaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of sobalach
radical lenition eclipsis
sobalach shobalach
after an, tsobalach 		not applicable

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

References

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