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adhbhal
adhbhal
Irish
Adjective
adhbhal (genitive singular masculine adhbhail, genitive singular feminine aidhbhle, plural adhbhala, comparative aidhbhle)
- Alternative form of ábhal (“great, immense”)
Declension
Declension of adhbhal
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | adhbhal | adhbhal¹ | adhbhala³ | |
| Vocative | adhbhail¹ | adhbhal¹ | adhbhala | |
| Genitive | adhbhail¹ | aidhbhle | adhbhala | adhbhal |
| Dative | adhbhal² | adhbhal¹; (archaic) adhbhail¹ |
adhbhala³ | |
| Comparative | aidhbhle | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| adhbhal | n-adhbhal | hadhbhal | t-adhbhal |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "adhbhal" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.