uisce-obach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From uisce (“water”) + -obach (“-tight”).
Adjective
[edit]uisce-obach (genitive singular masculine uisce-obaigh, genitive singular feminine uisce-obaí, plural uisce-obacha, comparative uisce-obaí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | uisce-obach | uisce-obach | uisce-obacha | |
| vocative | uisce-obaigh | uisce-obacha | ||
| genitive | uisce-obaí | uisce-obacha | uisce-obach | |
| dative | uisce-obach | uisce-obach; uisce-obaigh (archaic) |
uisce-obacha | |
| Comparative | níos uisce-obaí | |||
| Superlative | is uisce-obaí | |||
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| uisce-obach | n-uisce-obach | huisce-obach | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uisce-obach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN