From tabhair (“give”, verb) (from Old Irish do·beir) + -ach, a calque of Latin datīvus (“dative”).
tabharthach (genitive singular masculine tabharthaigh, genitive singular feminine tabharthaí, plural tabharthacha, not comparable)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | tabharthach | thabharthach | tabharthacha; thabharthacha² | |
| Vocative | thabharthaigh | tabharthacha | ||
| Genitive | tabharthaí | tabharthacha | tabharthach | |
| Dative | tabharthach; thabharthach¹ |
thabharthach; thabharthaigh (archaic) |
tabharthacha; thabharthacha² | |
| 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.
tabharthach m (genitive singular tabharthaigh, nominative plural tabharthaigh)
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tabharthach | thabharthach | dtabharthach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||