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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From fabht (“fault, flaw; hidden defect; unsoundness at core”) + -ach.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fabhtach (genitive singular masculine fabhtaigh, genitive singular feminine fabhtaí, plural fabhtacha, comparative fabhtaí)
- faulty, flawed; hollow at core, unsound
- deceptive, treacherous
Declension
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
Related terms
- fabhtacht (“hollowness, unsoundness; deceptiveness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| fabhtach
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fhabhtach
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bhfabhtach
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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) “fabhtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “fabhtach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “fabhtach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 63