sobal

See also: Sobal

Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɔbˠəlˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠʌbˠəlˠ/

Noun

sobal m (genitive singular sobail)

1. foam
2. lather, suds

Declension

Declension of sobal (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative sobal vocative a shobail genitive sobail dative sobal forms with the definite article case singular nominative an sobal genitive an tsobail dative leis an sobal don sobal

Derived terms

• sobal bearrtha
• sobal folctha
• sobal gallúnaí
• sobalach
• sobalchlár, sobaldráma

See also

• gallúnach
• sópa

Mutation

Mutated forms of sobal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sobal	shobal after an, tsobal	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) “sobal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sobal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “sobal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025