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aspalach
aspalach
Irish
Adjective
aspalach (genitive singular masculine aspalaigh, genitive singular feminine aspalaí, plural aspalacha)
Declension
Declension of aspalach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aspalach | aspalach¹ | aspalacha³ | |
| Vocative | aspalaigh¹ | aspalach¹ | aspalacha | |
| Genitive | aspalaigh¹ | aspalaí (obsolete) aspalaighe |
aspalacha | aspalach |
| Dative | aspalach² | aspalach¹ (archaic) aspalaigh¹ |
aspalacha³ | |
| Comparative | aspalaí (obsolete) aspalaighe |
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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
Related terms
- aspalacht f (“apostleship; apostolate”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aspalach | n-aspalach | haspalach | t-aspalach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aspalach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.