darbh

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Irish

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Particle

darbh (past/conditional copular form used before a vowel, form used before a consonant dar)

  1. to/for which/whom was/would be
    an fear darbh aithnid mé ― the man who knew me
  2. from which/whom was/would be
Derived terms
Irish copular forms
Simple copular forms
Present/future
Affirmative Negative Interrogative Neg. inter.
Main clauses is ní an nach
Direct relative clauses nach
Indirect relative clauses ar, arbv
Other subordinate clauses gur, gurbv an nach
Past/conditional
Affirmative Negative Interrogative Neg. inter.
Main clauses ba, b’v níor, níorbhv ar, arbhv nár, nárbhv
Direct relative clauses ba, abv nár, nárbhv
Indirect relative clauses ar, arbhv
Other subordinate clauses gur, gurbhv ar, arbhv nár, nárbhv
Present subjunctive
Affirmative Negative
gura, gurabv nára, nárabv
    Compound copular forms
Base word Present/future Past/conditional
cá cár, cárbv cár, cárbhv
cé cér, cérbv cér, cérbhv
dá dá mba, dá mb’v
de/do dar, darbv dar, darbhv
faoi faoinar, faoinarbv faoinar, faoinarbhv
i inar, inarbv inar, inarbhv
le lenar, lenarbv lenar, lenarbhv
má más má ba, má b’v
mura mura, murabv murar, murarbhv
ó (prep.) ónar, ónarbv ónar, ónarbhv
ó (conj.) ós ó ba, ó b’v
trí trínar, trínarbv trínar, trínarbhv
v Used before vowel sounds
Irish preposition contractions
Basic form Contracted with Copular forms
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)
de (“from”) den de na
desna*		 de mo
dem*		 de do
ded*, det*		 dá dár dar darb darbh
do (“to, for”) don do na
dosna*		 do mo
dom*		 do do
dod*, dot*		 dá dár dar darb darbh
faoi (“under, about”) faoin faoi na faoi mo faoi do faoina faoinár faoinar faoinarb faoinarbh
i (“in”) sa, san sna i mo
im*		 i do
id*, it*		 ina inár inar inarb inarbh
le (“with”) leis an leis na le mo
lem*		 le do
led*, let*		 lena lenár lenar lenarb lenarbh
ó (“from, since”) ón ó na
ósna*		 ó mo
óm*		 ó do
ód*, ót*		 óna ónár ónar ónarb ónarbh
trí (“through”) tríd an trí na trí mo trí do trína trínár trínar trínarb trínarbh
*Dialectal.

Etymology 2

Noun

darbh f (genitive singular dairbhe, nominative plural darbhacha)

  1. Alternative form of doirb (“small insect or worm”)
Declension
Declension of darbh

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative darbh darbhacha
Vocative a dharbh a dharbhacha
Genitive dairbhe darbhacha
Dative darbh
dairbh (archaic, dialectal) 		darbhacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an darbh na darbhacha
Genitive na dairbhe na ndarbhacha
Dative leis an darbh
leis an dairbh (archaic, dialectal)

don darbh
don dairbh (archaic, dialectal)

leis na darbhacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
darbh dharbh ndarbh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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