fabhal

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish fáball (fable, fiction, romance), borrowed from Latin fābula.

Noun

fabhal f (genitive singular faibhle, nominative plural faibhle)

  1. fable
    Synonym: fabhalscéal

Declension

Declension of fabhal (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative fabhal faibhle
vocative a fhabhal a fhaibhle
genitive faibhle faibhle
dative fabhal
fabhail (archaic, dialectal)
faibhle
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fhabhal na faibhle
genitive na faibhle na bhfaibhle
dative leis an bhfabhal
leis an bhfabhail (archaic, dialectal)
don fhabhal
don fhabhail (archaic, dialectal)
leis na faibhle

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fabhal
radical lenition eclipsis
fabhal fhabhal bhfabhal

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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