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uirbeach
uirbeach
Irish
Adjective
uirbeach (genitive singular masculine uirbigh, genitive singular feminine uirbí, plural uirbeacha, comparative uirbí)
Declension
Declension of uirbeach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | uirbeach | uirbeach¹ | uirbeacha³ | |
| Vocative | uirbigh¹ | uirbeach¹ | uirbeacha | |
| Genitive | uirbigh¹ | uirbí (obsolete) uirbighe |
uirbeacha | uirbeach |
| Dative | uirbeach² | uirbeach¹ (archaic) uirbigh¹ |
uirbeacha³ | |
| Comparative | uirbí (obsolete) uirbighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
Terms derived from uirbeach
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| uirbeach | n-uirbeach | huirbeach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "uirbeach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.