adhbha

adhbha

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish adba (“abode, dwelling place”), verbal noun of *ad·fen.

Noun

adhbha f (genitive singular adhbhadh, nominative plural adhbhtha)

1. (literary) abode

Declension

Declension of adhbha

Irregular

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative adhbha adhbhtha Vocative a adhbha a adhbhtha Genitive adhbhadh adhbhadh Dative adhbha adhbhtha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an adhbha na hadhbhtha Genitive na hadhbhadh na n-adhbhadh Dative leis an adhbha don adhbha leis na hadhbhtha

Derived terms

• adhbha éaga (“abode of death”)
• adhbha rón (“seal rookery”)
• adhbha sionnach (“foxes' lair”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhbha	n-adhbha	hadhbha	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "adhbha" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 adba” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• Entries containing “adhbha” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.