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garbh
garbh
Irish
Adjective
garbh (genitive singular masculine gairbh, genitive singular feminine gairbhe, plural garbha, comparative gairbhe)
- rough
- uneven, rugged; coarse in texture
- coarse, gross
- ungentle, harsh, crude, violent
- unfinished, unpolished, inexact, approximate
Declension
Declension of garbh
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | 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.
Related terms
- adhgharbh (“very rough”, adj)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| garbh | gharbh | ngarbh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "garbh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 garb” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.