cárb

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See also: carb, CARB, and carb-

Irish

Alternative forms

cár b’ (superseded)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaːɾˠbˠ/

Particle

cárb (copular form used before a vowel, form used before a consonant cár)

where is..., what is...
Níl a fhios agam ó thalamh na bhfionn cárb as é.
I don’t know where on earth he comes from

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Irish copular forms
simple copular forms
		affirmative	negative	interrogative	negative interrogative
present/future
main clause		is	ní	an	nach
relative clause	direct	is	nach	–
relative clause	indirect	ar, arb^v		–
other subordinate clause		gur, gurb^v		an	nach
past/conditional
main clause		ba, b’^v	níor, níorbh^v	ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
relative clause	direct	ba, ab^v	nár, nárbh^v	–
relative clause	indirect	ar, arbh^v		–
other subordinate clause		gur, gurbh^v		ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
present subjunctive
–		gura, gurab^v	nára, nárab^v	–

compound copular forms
base word		present/future		past/conditional
cá		cár, cárb^v		cár, cárbh^v
cé		cér, cérb^v		cér, cérbh^v
dá		–		dá mba, dá mb’^v
de/do		dar, darb^v		dar, darbh^v
faoi		faoinar, faoinarb^v		faoinar, faoinarbh^v
i		inar, inarb^v		inar, inarbh^v
le		lenar, lenarb^v		lenar, lenarbh^v
má		más		má ba, má b’^v
mura		mura, murab^v		murar, murarbh^v
ó (preposition)		ónar, ónarb^v		ónar, ónarbh^v
ó (conjunction)		ós		ó ba, ó b’^v
trí		trínar, trínarb^v		trínar, trínarbh^v

^v Used before vowel sounds

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cárb”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Ó Dónaill, Niall, Ua Maoileoin, Pádraig (1991) “cárb”, in An Foclóir Beag (in Irish), Dublin: An Gúm

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