ablach

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Irish

Etymology 1

Perhaps from or related to Middle Irish apach (“corpse, remains, entrails”) (see abach).

Noun

ablach m (genitive singular ablaigh, nominative plural ablaigh)

  1. carcass; carrion
  2. hulk (of person)
Declension
Declension of ablach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ablach ablaigh
Vocative a ablaigh a ablacha
Genitive ablaigh ablach
Dative ablach ablaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-ablach na hablaigh
Genitive an ablaigh na n-ablach
Dative leis an ablach

don ablach

leis na hablaigh

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

ablach (genitive singular masculine ablaigh, genitive singular feminine ablaí, plural ablacha, comparative ablaí)

  1. fat, soft
Declension
Declension of ablach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative ablach ablach ablacha
Vocative ablaigh ablacha
Genitive ablaí ablacha ablach
Dative ablach ablach;
ablaigh (archaic) 		ablacha
Comparative níos ablaí
Superlative is ablaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ablach n-ablach hablach t-ablach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

Akin to Old Irish ablach (“carcass, corpse, carrion”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ablach (plural ablachs)

  1. A mangled carcass or dead body.
  2. A body not necessarily dead but maimed or reduced to a pitiable condition.
  3. An insignificant or contemptible person through lack of size or defect of will or intellect.
  4. An untidy or clumsy person.
  5. (humorous) child
  6. An object defective through lack of size.

References

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