adhbha

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish adba (“abode, dwelling place”), verbal noun of *ad·fen.

Noun

adhbha f (genitive singular adhbhadh, nominative plural adhbhtha)

  1. (literary) abode
  2. lair
    Synonym: fáir

Declension

Declension of adhbha (irregular)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative adhbha adhbhtha
vocative a adhbha a adhbhtha
genitive adhbhadh adhbhadh
dative adhbha adhbhtha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an adhbha na hadhbhtha
genitive na hadhbhadh na n-adhbhadh
dative leis an adhbha
don adhbha 		leis na hadhbhtha

Derived terms

  • adhbha éaga (“abode of death”)
  • adhbha rón (“seal rookery”)
  • adhbha sionnach (“foxes' lair”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhbha
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adhbha n-adhbha hadhbha not applicable

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

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