doirbh

Irish

Noun

doirbh f (genitive singular doirbhe, nominative plural doirbheacha)

  1. alternative form of doirb (“small insect or worm”)

Declension

Declension of doirbh (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative doirbh doirbheacha
vocative a dhoirbh a dhoirbheacha
genitive doirbhe doirbheacha
dative doirbh doirbheacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an doirbh na doirbheacha
genitive na doirbhe na ndoirbheacha
dative leis an doirbh
don doirbh 		leis na doirbheacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of doirbh
radical lenition eclipsis
doirbh dhoirbh ndoirbh

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Adjective

doirbh (comparative doirbhe or dorra, qualitative noun dorrad)

  1. difficult, hard

Synonyms

Antonyms

Mutation

Mutation of doirbh
radical lenition
doirbh dhoirbh

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

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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