ablach
Irish
Etymology 1
Perhaps from or related to Middle Irish apach (“corpse, remains, entrails”) (see abach).
Noun
ablach m (genitive singular ablaigh, nominative plural ablaigh)
- carcass; carrion
- (of person) hulk
Declension
Declension of ablach
First declension
Bare forms:
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Etymology 2
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Adjective
ablach (genitive singular masculine ablaigh, genitive singular feminine ablaí, plural ablacha, comparative ablaí)
- fat, soft
Declension
Declension of ablach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
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
- 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
Alternative forms
- abloch, ablack, ablich, aiblich
Etymology
Akin to Old Irish ablach (“carcass, corpse, carrion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑbləx/
- (Northern) IPA(key): /ˈɑblɪç/
- (Mid Northern) IPA(key): /ˈeblɪç/
Noun
ablach (plural ablachs)
- A mangled carcass or 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
- “ablach, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.