áfach
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Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Alternative forms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]áfach
Usage notes
[edit]Never the first word in a sentence.
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]áfach m (genitive singular áfaigh, nominative plural áfaigh)
- Alternative form of ábhach (“hole, recess”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of áfach
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
áfach | n-áfach | háfach | t-áfach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “áfach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “áfach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “áfach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 27