garbh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish garb,[1] from Proto-Celtic *garwos (compare Welsh garw (coarse)).

Pronunciation

Adjective

garbh (genitive singular masculine gairbh, genitive singular feminine gairbhe, plural garbha, comparative gairbhe)

  1. rough, harsh
  2. rugged, coarse, crude
  3. unpolished
  4. approximate

Declension

Declension of garbh
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative garbh gharbh garbha;
gharbha2
vocative ghairbh garbha
genitive gairbhe garbha garbh
dative garbh;
gharbh1
gharbh;
ghairbh (archaic)
garbha;
gharbha2
Comparative níos gairbhe
Superlative is gairbhe

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

Derived terms

  • adhgharbh (very rough, adjective)
  • gairbhe f (roughness, coarseness)
  • garbh-bhéal m (coarse mouth)
  • garbhadas m (roughness, coarseness)
  • garbhaigh (roughen; become rough, verb)
  • garbhán m (coarse substance)
  • garbhánach m (coarse-grained person)
  • garbhanálú m (rough breathing)
  • garbhánta (coarse-grained, adjective)
  • garbhántacht f (coarseness (of grain, fibre))
  • garbhchiumhaiseach (rough-edged, adjective)
  • garbhchloch f (rough, uncut, stone)
  • garbhchríoch f (rough boundary)
  • garbhchumtha (rough-shaped, adjective)
  • garbhdhéanta (rough-made, coarse, adjective)
  • garbhghlórach (rough-spoken, raucous, adjective)
  • garbhghnúiseach (rough-visaged, adjective)
  • garbhiarann m (pig-iron)
  • garbhiasc m (large sea-fish)
  • garbhlabhartha (rough-spoken, adjective)
  • garbhlach m (rough ground)
  • garbhlus m (goose grass; catchweed)
  • garbhóg f (coarse object or person)
  • garbhógach f (club moss)
  • garbhphlána m (jack-plane)
  • garbhshíon f (rough weather)
  • garbhshnoigh (rough-hew, transitive verb)
  • garbhtheilg (rough-cast, transitive verb)
  • garbhtheilgean m (rough-cast)
  • garbhuille m (approach shot)
  • píobán garbh m (windpipe, trachea)

Verb

garbh (present analytic garbhann, future analytic garbhfaidh, verbal noun garbhadh, past participle garfa)

  1. (ambitransitive) alternative form of garbhaigh (roughen; become rough)

Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of garbh
radical lenition eclipsis
garbh gharbh ngarbh

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 garb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 65, page 34
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 121
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 110, page 43

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish garb, from Proto-Celtic *garwos (compare Welsh garw (coarse)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaɾav/

Adjective

garbh (comparative gairbhe)

  1. rough (as in a rough surface)
  2. wild (about the weather)
  3. hoarse
  4. gross

Mutation

Mutation of garbh
radical lenition
garbh gharbh

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

References