boirbe

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish burbae (“stupidity, ignorance; boorishness, harshness, fierceness, violence”), from borb.

Noun

boirbe f (genitive singular boirbe)

  1. fierceness; rudeness
  2. coarseness
  3. rankness
    Synonyms: boirbeacht, borbacht, drochmhúineadh
Declension
Declension of boirbe (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative boirbe
vocative a bhoirbe
genitive boirbe
dative boirbe
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an bhoirbe
genitive na boirbe
dative leis an mboirbe
don bhoirbe
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

boirbe

  1. inflection of borb:
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of boirbe
radical lenition eclipsis
boirbe bhoirbe mboirbe

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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