ábhaillí

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

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Noun

ábhaillí f (genitive singular ábhaillí)

    1. playfulness, mischievousness
    2. (as verbal noun) tinkering, playing mischievously
    Synonyms: ábhailleacht, ábhaillíocht
Declension
Declension of ábhaillí (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative ábhaillí
vocative a ábhaillí
genitive ábhaillí
dative ábhaillí
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an ábhaillí
genitive na hábhaillí
dative leis an ábhaillí
don ábhaillí

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ábhaillí

  1. inflection of ábhailleach (“playful, mischievous”):
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of ábhaillí
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ábhaillí n-ábhaillí hábhaillí not applicable

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

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