fabht

Irish

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)

fault, flaw; hidden defect; unsoundness at core

Declension

Declension of fabht

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fabht	fabhtanna
Vocative	a fhabht	a fhabhtanna
Genitive	fabht	fabhtanna
Dative	fabht	fabhtanna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fabht	na fabhtanna
Genitive	an fhabht	na bhfabhtanna
Dative	leis an bhfabht don fhabht	leis na fabhtanna

Derived terms

fabhtach (“faulty, flawed; hollow at core, unsound; deceptive, treacherous”)
fabhtacht (“hollowness, unsoundness; deceptiveness”)
fabhtcheartaigh (“troubleshoot”)

fabhtóg (“foul blow”)
ionfhabhtaigh (“infect”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fabht	fhabht	bhfabht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"fabht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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