dalba

Hungarian

Etymology

dal +‎ -ba

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɒlbɒ]
  • Hyphenation: dal‧ba

Noun

dalba

  1. illative singular of dal

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish dalbda (“lying, deceitful”).[2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

dalba (comparative dalba or dalbaíocha)

  1. (Ulster) bold (presumptuous), forward (without customary restraint), brazen (immodest, shameless), impudent; naughty (tending to misbehave or act badly)
    Synonym: dána

Declension

Declension of dalba
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative dalba dhalba dalba;
dhalba2
vocative dhalba dalba
genitive dalba dalba dalba
dative dalba;
dhalba1 		dhalba dalba;
dhalba2
Comparative níos dalba(íocha)
Superlative is dalba(íocha)

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of dalba
radical lenition eclipsis
dalba dhalba ndalba

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

References

  1. ^ “dalba”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dalbba, dolbba”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 138, page 53

Further reading

Lithuanian

Noun

dálba f stress pattern 1

  1. lever, handspike
  2. crowbar

Nyunga

Noun

dalba

  1. ashes, dust

References

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