urbholg

urbholg

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish airbolg, from bolg (“belly, stomach”).

Noun

urbholg m (genitive singular urbhoilg, nominative plural urbhoilg)

1. (anatomy) potbelly

Declension

Declension of urbholg

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative urbholg urbhoilg Vocative a urbhoilg a urbholga Genitive urbhoilg urbholg Dative urbholg urbhoilg

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-urbholg na hurbhoilg Genitive an urbhoilg na n-urbholg Dative leis an urbholg don urbholg leis na hurbhoilg

Derived terms

• urbholgach (“potbellied”, adjective)

Mutation

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

References

• "urbholg" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.