tabharthach

Irish

Etymology

From tabhair (“give”, verb) (from Old Irish do·beir) + -ach, a calque of Latin datīvus (“dative”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): [ˈt̪ˠauɾˠhəx]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): [ˈt̪ˠoːɾˠhax], [ˈt̪ˠoːɾˠha(h)]

Adjective

tabharthach (genitive singular masculine tabharthaigh, genitive singular feminine tabharthaí, plural tabharthacha, not comparable)

  1. (grammar) dative

Declension

Declension of tabharthach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative tabharthach thabharthach tabharthacha;
thabharthacha2
vocative thabharthaigh tabharthacha
genitive tabharthaí tabharthacha tabharthach
dative tabharthach;
thabharthach1 		thabharthach;
thabharthaigh (archaic) 		tabharthacha;
thabharthacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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

Noun

tabharthach m (genitive singular tabharthaigh, nominative plural tabharthaigh)

  1. (grammar) dative

Declension

Declension of tabharthach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative tabharthach tabharthaigh
vocative a thabharthaigh a thabharthacha
genitive tabharthaigh tabharthach
dative tabharthach tabharthaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tabharthach na tabharthaigh
genitive an tabharthaigh na dtabharthach
dative leis an tabharthach
don tabharthach 		leis na tabharthaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of tabharthach
radical lenition eclipsis
tabharthach thabharthach dtabharthach

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

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