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English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
darb (plural darbs)
- (Australia, slang) A cigarette.
- (slang) Something beautiful, a charm, a peach.
1931, Courtney Ryley Cooper, Circus Day, page 263:“Boss,” he exclaimed, “it's a darb.”
“It's more than that,” I cut in, “it′s a wonder. It′s a masterpiece. […] ”
1934, Story, volume 4, page 35:‘My new bird is a darb,’ he says, ‘only four months old and he′s got a roll and a chop the size of your arm. Never heard a young bird sing like that.’
- 1941, Amazing Stories, Ziff-Davis, Volume 15, Issues 1-6, page 21,
- You can figure for yourself what a darb of a setup that was for us seven hundred professional killers!
Synonyms
Anagrams
Irish
Alternative forms
Particle
darb (present/future copular form used before a vowel, form used before a consonant dar)
- to/for which/whom is
- an fear darb aithnid mé ― the man who knows me
- from which/whom is
Derived terms
Related terms
Irish copular forms
Simple copular forms
Present/future
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Affirmative |
Negative |
Interrogative |
Neg. inter.
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Main clauses
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is |
ní |
an |
nach
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Direct relative clauses
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nach
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Indirect relative clauses |
ar, arbv
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Other subordinate clauses |
gur, gurbv |
an |
nach
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Past/conditional
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Affirmative |
Negative |
Interrogative |
Neg. inter.
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Main clauses |
ba, b’v |
níor, níorbhv |
ar, arbhv |
nár, nárbhv
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Direct relative clauses |
ba, abv
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nár, nárbhv
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Indirect relative clauses |
ar, arbhv
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Other subordinate clauses |
gur, gurbhv |
ar, arbhv |
nár, nárbhv
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Present subjunctive
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Affirmative |
Negative
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gura, gurabv |
nára, nárabv
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Compound copular forms
Base word |
Present/future |
Past/conditional
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cá |
cár, cárbv |
cár, cárbhv
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cé |
cér, cérbv |
cér, cérbhv
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dá
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dá mba, dá mb’v
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de/do |
dar, darbv |
dar, darbhv
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faoi |
faoinar, faoinarbv |
faoinar, faoinarbhv
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i |
inar, inarbv |
inar, inarbhv
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le |
lenar, lenarbv |
lenar, lenarbhv
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má |
más |
má ba, má b’v
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mura |
mura, murabv |
murar, murarbhv
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ó (prep.) |
ónar, ónarbv |
ónar, ónarbhv
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ó (conj.) |
ós |
ó ba, ó b’v
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trí |
trínar, trínarbv |
trínar, trínarbhv
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v Used before vowel sounds
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Irish preposition contractions
Basic form
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Contracted with
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Copular forms
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an (“the sg”) |
na (“the pl”) |
mo (“my”) |
do (“your”) |
a (“his, her, their; which (present)”) |
ár (“our”) |
ar (“which (past)”) |
(before consonant) |
(present/future before vowel) |
(past/conditional before vowel)
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de (“from”) |
den |
de na desna* |
de mo dem* |
de do ded*, det* |
dá
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dár |
dar |
darb |
darbh
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do (“to, for”) |
don |
do na dosna* |
do mo dom* |
do do dod*, dot* |
dá
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dár |
dar |
darb |
darbh
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faoi (“under, about”) |
faoin |
faoi na |
faoi mo |
faoi do |
faoina |
faoinár
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faoinar |
faoinarb |
faoinarbh
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i (“in”) |
sa, san |
sna |
i mo im* |
i do id*, it* |
ina |
inár
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inar |
inarb |
inarbh
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le (“with”) |
leis an |
leis na |
le mo lem* |
le do led*, let* |
lena |
lenár
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lenar |
lenarb |
lenarbh
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ó (“from, since”) |
ón |
ó na ósna* |
ó mo óm* |
ó do ód*, ót* |
óna |
ónár
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ónar |
ónarb |
ónarbh
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trí (“through”) |
tríd an |
trí na |
trí mo |
trí do |
trína |
trínár
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trínar |
trínarb |
trínarbh
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*Dialectal.
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