colbha

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish colba.

Pronunciation

Noun

colbha m (genitive singular colbha, nominative plural colbhaí)

  1. (outer) edge (sharp terminating border; a margin; extreme verge), brink, border
    Synonyms: broinne, ciumhais, imeall
    colbha cathrach ― the outer fringe of a city
  2. surround (anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something)
  3. outer edge of bed
    colbha leapa ― bedside
  4. bedhead (vertical panel or board at the end of a bed where the pillow is placed; that end itself)
  5. kerb (edge between pavement and roadway)
    colbha bóthair ― roadside, kerb (from the point of view of the road)
    colbha cosáin ― kerb (from the point of view of the pavement/sidewalk)
  6. (obsolete) ridge (chain of mountains or hills)
    Synonyms: droim, mullach
  7. (obsolete) sceptre
    Synonym: ríshlat

Declension

Declension of colbha (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative colbha colbhaí
vocative a cholbha a cholbhaí
genitive colbhaí colbhaí
dative colbha colbhaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an colbha na colbhaí
genitive an cholbhaí na gcolbhaí
dative leis an gcolbha
don cholbha 		leis na colbhaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of colbha
radical lenition eclipsis
colbha cholbha gcolbha

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

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