ábhach

Irish

Alternative forms

áfach

Etymology

Noun

ábhach m (genitive singular ábhaigh, nominative plural ábhaigh)

hole, recess

Declension

Declension of ábhach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ábhach	ábhaigh
Vocative	a ábhaigh	a ábhacha
Genitive	ábhaigh	ábhach
Dative	ábhach	ábhaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-ábhach	na hábhaigh
Genitive	an ábhaigh	na n-ábhach
Dative	leis an ábhach don ábhach	leis na hábhaigh

Derived terms

ábhach gliomach m (“lobsterhole”)
ábhach luiche m (“mousehole”)
ábhach portán m (“crabhole”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ábhach	n-ábhach	hábhach	t-ábhach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

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