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sobalach
sobalach
Irish
Adjective
sobalach (genitive singular masculine sobalaigh, genitive singular feminine sobalaí, plural sobalacha, comparative sobalaí)
Declension
Declension of sobalach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | sobalach | sobalach¹ | sobalacha³ | |
Vocative | sobalaigh¹ | sobalach¹ | sobalacha | |
Genitive | sobalaigh¹ | sobalaí (obsolete) sobalaighe |
sobalacha | sobalach |
Dative | sobalach² | sobalach¹ (archaic) sobalaigh¹ |
sobalacha³ | |
Comparative | sobalaí (obsolete) sobalaighe |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
sobalach | shobalach after an, tsobalach |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- "sobalach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.