abhac

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish abacc (“dwarf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auk/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɑuwək/

Noun

abhac m (genitive singular abhaic, nominative plural abhaic)

1. dwarf, midget

   Antonym: fathach

2. dwarf star

   Synonym: abhacréalta

   Antonym: fathach

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

Derived terms

• abhac bán m (“white dwarf”)
• abhac dearg m (“red dwarf”)
• abhac donn m (“brown dwarf”)
• abhac dubh m (“black dwarf”)
• abhacréalta m (“dwarf star”)
• abhaicín m (“manikin, runt”)
• abhcach (“dwarf, dwarfish, pygmy”, adjective)
• fo-abhac m (“subdwarf”)

Descendants

• → Yola: amach, ammache

Mutation

Mutated forms of abhac

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
abhac	n-abhac	habhac	t-abhac

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abhac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “abacc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925). Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt. Belfast: Browne and Nolan.
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “abhac”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “abhac”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025