boirbe
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish burbae (“stupidity, ignorance; boorishness, harshness, fierceness, violence”), from borb.
Noun
boirbe f (genitive singular boirbe)
- fierceness; rudeness
- coarseness
- rankness
- Synonyms: boirbeacht, borbacht, drochmhúineadh
Declension
Declension of boirbe
Fourth declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article
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Alternative forms
- borba, buirbe
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
boirbe
- inflection of borb:
- genitive singular feminine
- comparative degree
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| boirbe | bhoirbe | mboirbe |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Entries containing “boirbe” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “boirbe” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “boirbe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “burbae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language