urbhruinne

urbhruinne

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish airbruinne (“front, forefront; brink, edge”), from bruinne (“breast(s), bosom, chest; front; centre, surface; brink; limit”).

Noun

urbhruinne f (genitive singular urbhruinne, nominative plural urbhruinní)

1. (literary) breast, bosom; front, forefront; brink, edge

Declension

Declension of urbhruinne

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative urbhruinne urbhruinní Vocative a urbhruinne a urbhruinní Genitive urbhruinne urbhruinní Dative urbhruinne urbhruinní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an urbhruinne na hurbhruinní Genitive na hurbhruinne na n-urbhruinní Dative leis an urbhruinne don urbhruinne leis na hurbhruinní

Mutation

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

References

• "urbhruinne" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “airbruinne” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.