daibhreas

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish daidbres, from Old Irish daidbrius.[1] By surface analysis, daibhir +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

Noun

daibhreas m (genitive singular daibhris)

  1. poverty, indigence

Declension

Declension of daibhreas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative daibhreas
vocative a dhaibhris
genitive daibhris
dative daibhreas
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an daibhreas
genitive an daibhris
dative leis an daibhreas
don daibhreas

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of daibhreas
radical lenition eclipsis
daibhreas dhaibhreas ndaibhreas

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “daidbres”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 395, page 131

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