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uisce-obach
uisce-obach
Irish
Adjective
uisce-obach (genitive singular masculine uisce-obaigh, genitive singular feminine uisce-obaí, plural uisce-obacha, comparative uisce-obaí)
Declension
Declension of uisce-obach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | uisce-obach | uisce-obach¹ | uisce-obacha³ | |
| Vocative | uisce-obaigh¹ | uisce-obach¹ | uisce-obacha | |
| Genitive | uisce-obaigh¹ | uisce-obaí (obsolete) uisce-obaighe |
uisce-obacha | uisce-obach |
| Dative | uisce-obach² | uisce-obach¹ (archaic) uisce-obaigh¹ |
uisce-obacha³ | |
| Comparative | uisce-obaí (obsolete) uisce-obaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| uisce-obach | n-uisce-obach | huisce-obach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "uisce-obach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.