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fo-chlabhach (genitive singular masculine fo-chlabhaigh, genitive singular feminine fo-chlabhaí, plural fo-chlabhacha, not comparable)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | fo-chlabhach | fho-chlabhach | fo-chlabhacha; fho-chlabhacha2 | |
vocative | fho-chlabhaigh | fo-chlabhacha | ||
genitive | fo-chlabhaí | fo-chlabhacha | fo-chlabhach | |
dative | fo-chlabhach; fho-chlabhach1 |
fho-chlabhach; fho-chlabhaigh (archaic) |
fo-chlabhacha; fho-chlabhacha2 | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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fo-chlabhach | fho-chlabhach | bhfo-chlabhach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.