tabharthach

Irish

Etymology

From tabhair (“give”, verb) (from Old Irish do·beir) -ach, a calque of Latin datīvus (“dative”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ˠauɾˠhəx]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ˠoːɾˠhax], [ˈt̪ˠoːɾˠha(h)]

Adjective

tabharthach (genitive singular masculine tabharthaigh, genitive singular feminine tabharthaí, plural tabharthacha, not comparable)

1. (grammar) dative

Declension

Declension of tabharthach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	tabharthach	thabharthach	tabharthacha; thabharthacha2
vocative	thabharthaigh		tabharthacha
genitive		tabharthaí	tabharthacha	tabharthach
dative	tabharthach; thabharthach1	thabharthach; thabharthaigh (archaic)	tabharthacha; thabharthacha2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

tabharthach m (genitive singular tabharthaigh, nominative plural tabharthaigh)

1. (grammar) dative

Declension

Declension of tabharthach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tabharthach tabharthaigh vocative a thabharthaigh a thabharthacha genitive tabharthaigh tabharthach dative tabharthach tabharthaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tabharthach na tabharthaigh genitive an tabharthaigh na dtabharthach dative leis an tabharthach don tabharthach leis na tabharthaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of tabharthach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tabharthach	thabharthach	dtabharthach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.