sobalach

Irish

Etymology

sobal (“foam; lather, suds”) +‎ -ach

Adjective

sobalach (genitive singular masculine sobalaigh, genitive singular feminine sobalaí, plural sobalacha, comparative sobalaí)

frothy, covered with suds

Declension

Declension of sobalach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	sobalach	shobalach	sobalacha; shobalacha²
Vocative	shobalaigh	shobalach	sobalacha
Genitive	shobalaigh	sobalaí	sobalacha	sobalach
Dative	sobalach; shobalach¹	shobalach; shobalaigh (archaic)	sobalacha; shobalacha²
Comparative	níos sobalaí
Superlative	is sobalaí

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sobalach	shobalach after an, tsobalach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sobalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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