brobh

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Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

brobh m (genitive singular broibh, nominative plural broibh or brobhanna)

  1. blade (narrow leaf of a grass or grain)
    brobh luachra ― a (single) rush

Declension

Weak plural:

Declension of brobh (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative brobh broibh
vocative a bhroibh a bhrobha
genitive broibh brobh
dative brobh broibh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an brobh na broibh
genitive an bhroibh na mbrobh
dative leis an mbrobh
don bhrobh 		leis na broibh

Strong plural:

Declension of brobh (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative brobh brobhanna
vocative a bhroibh a bhrobhanna
genitive broibh brobhanna
dative brobh brobhanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an brobh na brobhanna
genitive an bhroibh na mbrobhanna
dative leis an mbrobh
don bhrobh 		leis na brobhanna

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of brobh
radical lenition eclipsis
brobh bhrobh mbrobh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 36, page 16

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