focalbhá
Irish
Etymology
From focal (“word”) + bá (“elision”).
Noun
focalbhá m (genitive singular focalbhá)
- (grammar, rhetoric) ellipsis
Declension
Declension of focalbhá
Fourth declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article
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Related terms
- focalbháiteach (“elliptical”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
focalbhá | fhocalbhá | bhfocalbhá |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “focalbhá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “focalbhá” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “focalbhá” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.