Irish

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Etymology 1

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Perhaps from or related to Middle Irish apach (corpse, remains, entrails) (see abach).

Noun

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ablach m (genitive singular ablaigh, nominative plural ablaigh)

  1. carcass; carrion
  2. hulk (of person)
Declension
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Declension of ablach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ablach ablaigh
vocative a ablaigh a ablacha
genitive ablaigh ablach
dative ablach ablaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-ablach na hablaigh
genitive an ablaigh na n-ablach
dative leis an ablach
don ablach
leis na hablaigh

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

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ablach (genitive singular masculine ablaigh, genitive singular feminine ablaí, plural ablacha, comparative ablaí)

  1. fat, soft
Declension
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Declension of ablach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative ablach ablach ablacha
vocative ablaigh ablacha
genitive ablaí ablacha ablach
dative ablach ablach;
ablaigh (archaic)
ablacha
Comparative níos ablaí
Superlative is ablaí

Mutation

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Mutated forms of ablach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ablach n-ablach hablach t-ablach

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

Further reading

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Scots

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Akin to Old Irish ablach (carcass, corpse, carrion).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ablach (plural ablachs)

  1. A mangled carcass or dead body.
  2. A body not necessarily dead but maimed or reduced to a pitiable condition.
  3. An insignificant or contemptible person through lack of size or defect of will or intellect.
  4. An untidy or clumsy person.
  5. (humorous) child
  6. An object defective through lack of size.

References

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