tibhreach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tibrech. By surface analysis, tibhre (“dimple”, obsolete) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

tibhreach (genitive singular masculine tibhrigh, genitive singular feminine tibhrí, plural tibhreacha, comparative tibhrí)

  1. (literary) smiling, dimpled

Declension

Declension of tibhreach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative tibhreach thibhreach tibhreacha;
thibhreacha2
vocative thibhrigh tibhreacha
genitive tibhrí tibhreacha tibhreach
dative tibhreach;
thibhreach1 		thibhreach;
thibhrigh (archaic) 		tibhreacha;
thibhreacha2
Comparative níos tibhrí
Superlative is tibhrí

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 tibhreach
radical lenition eclipsis
tibhreach thibhreach dtibhreach

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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