abha

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See also: ábha

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

abha f (genitive singular abhann, nominative plural aibhne)

  1. Alternative form of abhainn (river)

Declension

Declension of abha (fifth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative abha aibhne
vocative a abha a aibhne
genitive abhann abhann
dative abha
abhainn (archaic, dialectal)
aibhne
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an abha na haibhne
genitive na habhann na n-abhann
dative leis an abha
leis an abhainn (archaic, dialectal)
don abha
don abhainn (archaic, dialectal)
leis na haibhne

Mutation

Mutated forms of abha
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
abha n-abha habha not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 199, page 100

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