From Old Irish acarb, adgarb (“very rough, very fierce”), from ad + garb (compare modern garbh (“rough”)).
adhgharbh (genitive singular masculine adhghairbh, genitive singular feminine adhghairbhe, plural adhgharbha, comparative adhghairbhe)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | adhgharbh | adhgharbh | adhgharbha | |
Vocative | adhghairbh | adhgharbha | ||
Genitive | adhghairbhe | adhgharbha | adhgharbh | |
Dative | adhgharbh | adhgharbh; adhghairbh (archaic) |
adhgharbha | |
Comparative | níos adhghairbhe | |||
Superlative | is adhghairbhe |
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
adhgharbh | n-adhgharbh | hadhgharbh | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |