uirbeach

Irish

Etymology

From Latin urbs (“city”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

uirbeach (genitive singular masculine uirbigh, genitive singular feminine uirbí, plural uirbeacha, comparative uirbí)

  1. urban, metropolitan

Declension

Declension of uirbeach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative uirbeach uirbeach uirbeacha
vocative uirbigh uirbeacha
genitive uirbí uirbeacha uirbeach
dative uirbeach uirbeach;
uirbigh (archaic) 		uirbeacha
Comparative níos uirbí
Superlative is uirbí

Derived terms

  • ceirtleán uirbeach (“urban agglomeration”)
  • fo-uirbeach m (“suburban”)
  • imeall uirbeach (“urban fringe”)
  • meath uirbeach (“urban blight”)
  • uirbeachas
  • uirbigh (“urbanise”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of uirbeach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uirbeach n-uirbeach huirbeach not applicable

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

References

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