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amfaibiach
amfaibiach
Irish
Adjective
amfaibiach (genitive singular masculine amfaibiaigh, genitive singular feminine amfaibiaí, plural amfaibiacha, comparative amfaibiaí)
Declension
Declension of amfaibiach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) | 
| Nominative | amfaibiach | amfaibiach¹ | amfaibiacha³ | |
| Vocative | amfaibiaigh¹ | amfaibiach¹ | amfaibiacha | |
| Genitive | amfaibiaigh¹ | amfaibiaí (obsolete) amfaibiaighe | amfaibiacha | amfaibiach | 
| Dative | amfaibiach² | amfaibiach¹ (archaic) amfaibiaigh¹ | amfaibiacha³ | |
| Comparative | amfaibiaí (obsolete) amfaibiaighe | |||
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.
Synonyms
- débheathach
- loscánta
Noun
amfaibiach m (genitive singular amfaibiaigh, nominative plural amfaibiaigh)
Declension
Declension of amfaibiach
First declension
| Bare forms: 
 | Forms with the definite article: 
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Synonyms
- débheathach m
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis | 
| amfaibiach | n-amfaibiach | hamfaibiach | t-amfaibiach | 
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "amfaibiach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.