ábhachtach

Irish

Etymology

From ábhacht (“joke”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɑːxt̪ˠəx/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɑːwəxt̪ˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈaːwa(x)t̪ˠa(x)/

Adjective

ábhachtach (genitive singular masculine ábhachtaigh, genitive singular feminine ábhachtaí, plural ábhachtacha, comparative ábhachtaí)

  1. droll
  2. facetious

Declension

Declension of ábhachtach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ábhachtach ábhachtach ábhachtacha
vocative ábhachtaigh ábhachtacha
genitive ábhachtaí ábhachtacha ábhachtach
dative ábhachtach ábhachtach;
ábhachtaigh (archaic) 		ábhachtacha
Comparative níos ábhachtaí
Superlative is ábhachtaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ábhachtach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ábhachtach n-ábhachtach hábhachtach 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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