sobalach

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Irish

Etymology

sobal (“foam; lather, suds”) +‎ -ach

Adjective

sobalach (genitive singular masculine sobalaigh, genitive singular feminine sobalaí, plural sobalacha, comparative sobalaí)

  1. frothy, covered with suds

Declension

Declension of sobalach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative sobalach shobalach sobalacha;
shobalacha2
vocative shobalaigh sobalacha
genitive sobalaí sobalacha sobalach
dative sobalach;
shobalach1 		shobalach;
shobalaigh (archaic) 		sobalacha;
shobalacha2
Comparative níos sobalaí
Superlative is sobalaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of sobalach
radical lenition eclipsis
sobalach shobalach
after an, tsobalach 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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