ábhailleach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Adjective

ábhailleach (genitive singular masculine ábhailligh, genitive singular feminine ábhaillí, plural ábhailleacha, comparative ábhaillí)

  1. playful, mischievous, impish, roguish, whimsical

Declension

Declension of ábhailleach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative ábhailleach ábhailleach ábhailleacha
vocative ábhailligh ábhailleacha
genitive ábhaillí ábhailleacha ábhailleach
dative ábhailleach ábhailleach;
ábhailligh (archaic) 		ábhailleacha
Comparative níos ábhaillí
Superlative is ábhaillí
  • ábhaillí f (“playfulness, mischievousness; tinkering, playing mischievously”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ábhailleach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ábhailleach n-ábhailleach hábhailleach not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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