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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish abacc (“dwarf”).
Pronunciation
Noun
abhac m (genitive singular abhaic, nominative plural abhaic)
- dwarf, midget
- Antonym: fathach
- dwarf star
- Synonym: abhacréalta
- Antonym: fathach
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| abhac
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n-abhac
|
habhac
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t-abhac
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abhac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “abacc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925). Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt. Belfast: Browne and Nolan.
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “abhac”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “abhac”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024