adhgharbh
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish acarb, adgarb (“very rough, very fierce”), from ad + garb (compare modern garbh (“rough”)).
Adjective
adhgharbh (genitive singular masculine adhghairbh, genitive singular feminine adhghairbhe, plural adhgharbha, comparative adhghairbhe)
- very rough
Declension
Declension of adhgharbh
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | adhgharbh | adhgharbh | adhgharbha | |
| Vocative | adhghairbh | adhgharbha | ||
| Genitive | adhghairbhe | adhgharbha | adhgharbh | |
| Dative | adhgharbh | adhgharbh; adhghairbh (archaic) | adhgharbha | |
| Comparative | níos adhghairbhe | |||
| Superlative | is adhghairbhe | |||
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| adhgharbh | n-adhgharbh | hadhgharbh | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "adhgharbh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “acarb” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.