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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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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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.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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.