uirbeach
Irish
Etymology
From Latin urbs (“city”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
uirbeach (genitive singular masculine uirbigh, genitive singular feminine uirbí, plural uirbeacha, comparative uirbí)
- urban, metropolitan
Declension
Declension of uirbeach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | uirbeach | uirbeach | uirbeacha | |
| Vocative | uirbigh | uirbeacha | ||
| Genitive | uirbí | uirbeacha | uirbeach | |
| Dative | uirbeach | uirbeach; uirbigh (archaic) | uirbeacha | |
| Comparative | níos uirbí | |||
| Superlative | is uirbí | |||
Derived terms
- ceirtleán uirbeach (“urban agglomeration”)
- fo-uirbeach m (“suburban”)
- imeall uirbeach (“urban fringe”)
- meath uirbeach (“urban blight”)
- uirbigh (“urbanise”, verb)
- uirbeachas
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| uirbeach | n-uirbeach | huirbeach | not applicable |
| 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.