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abhac

abhac

Irish

Noun

abhac m ‎(genitive singular abhaic, nominative plural abhaic)

Declension

Declension of abhac

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	abhac	abhaic
Vocative	a abhaic	a abhaca
Genitive	abhaic	abhac
Dative	abhac	abhaic

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-abhac	na habhaic
Genitive	an abhaic	na n-abhac
Dative	leis an abhac don abhac	leis na habhaic

Synonyms

(dwarf star): abhacréalta

Antonyms

(dwarf star): fathach ‎(“giant star”)

Derived terms

Terms derived from abhac

abhac bán m ‎(“white dwarf”)
abhac dearg m ‎(“red dwarf”)
abhac donn m ‎(“brown dwarf”)

abhac dubh m ‎(“black dwarf”)
abhacréalta f ‎(“dwarf star”)

abhcach ‎(“dwarf, dwarfish, pygmy”, adj)
fo-abhac m ‎(“subdwarf”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
abhac	n-abhac	habhac	t-abhac
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"abhac" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“abacc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925). Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt. Belfast: Browne and Nolan.