ábhartha
Irish
Alternative forms
- ábharthach, adhbhardha
Etymology
From Old Irish adbarda (“material, physical”); synchronically, ábhar (“matter, material; makings, potential qualities; cause, reason; subject, topic; object”) + -tha.
Adjective
ábhartha
- material
- relevant, germane
- physical; substantive
Derived terms
- ábharthacht f (“relevance”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ábhartha | n-ábhartha | hábhartha | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ábhartha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “adbarda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “ábhartha” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “ábhartha” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.