fabhtach

Irish

Etymology

fabht (“fault, flaw; hidden defect; unsoundness at core”) +‎ -ach

Adjective

fabhtach

  1. faulty, flawed; hollow at core, unsound
  2. deceptive, treacherous

Declension
Declension of fabhtach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative fabhtach fhabhtach fabhtacha;
fhabhtacha²
Vocative fhabhtaigh fabhtacha
Genitive fabhtaí fabhtacha fabhtach
Dative fabhtach;
fhabhtach¹		 fhabhtach;
fhabhtaigh (archaic)		 fabhtacha;
fhabhtacha²
Comparative níos fabhtaí
Superlative is fabhtaí

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

  • fabhtacht (“hollowness, unsoundness; deceptiveness”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fabhtach fhabhtach bhfabhtach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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