ábalta

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French abile +‎ -ta (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ábalta

  1. able, capable
  2. able-bodied

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ábalta
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ábalta n-ábalta hábalta 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

  1. ^ “ábalta”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979) Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 225

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