ablach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Perhaps from or related to Middle Irish apach (“corpse, remains, entrails”) (see abach).
Noun[edit]
ablach m (genitive singular ablaigh, nominative plural ablaigh)
Declension[edit]
Declension of ablach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective[edit]
ablach (genitive singular masculine ablaigh, genitive singular feminine ablaí, plural ablacha, comparative ablaí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of ablach
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ablach | n-ablach | hablach | t-ablach |
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) “ablach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 ablach (‘carcass, carrion’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “ablach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “ablach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scots[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Akin to Old Irish ablach (“carcass, corpse, carrion”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ablach (plural ablachs)
- A mangled carcass or dead body.
- A body not necessarily dead but maimed or reduced to a pitiable condition.
- An insignificant or contemptible person through lack of size or defect of will or intellect.
- An untidy or clumsy person.
- (humorous) child
- An object defective through lack of size.
References[edit]
- “ablach, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.