sméar dhubh

sméar dhubh

Irish

Alternative forms

• sméar

Noun

sméar dhubh f (genitive singular sméire duibhe, nominative plural sméara dubha)

1. blackberry, brambleberry

Declension

Declension of sméar dhubh

Second declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative sméar dhubh sméara dubha Vocative a sméar dhubh a sméara dubha Genitive sméire duibhe sméar dubh Dative sméar dhubh sméir dhuibh (archaic, dialectal) sméara dubha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an sméar dhubh na sméara dubha Genitive na sméire duibhe na sméar dubh Dative leis an sméar dhubh leis an sméir dhuibh (archaic, dialectal) don sméar dhubh don sméir dhuibh (archaic, dialectal) leis na sméara dubha

Related terms

• dris f, driseog f, sceach f, sméardhris f (“blackberry bush”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sméar dhubh	not applicable	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “sméar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “sméar dhubh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “sméar dhubh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.