aspalach

Irish

Etymology

From aspal (“apostle”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

aspalach (genitive singular masculine aspalaigh, genitive singular feminine aspalaí, plural aspalacha)

1. (Christianity) apostolic, apostolical

   Synonym: aspalda

Declension

Declension of aspalach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	aspalach	aspalach	aspalacha
vocative	aspalaigh		aspalacha
genitive		aspalaí	aspalacha	aspalach
dative	aspalach	aspalach; aspalaigh (archaic)	aspalacha
Comparative	níos aspalaí
Superlative	is aspalaí

Related terms

• aspalacht f (“apostleship; apostolate”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aspalach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aspalach	n-aspalach	haspalach	not applicable

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), “aspalda”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN