forba

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish orbbae.

Noun

forba m (genitive singular forba, nominative plural forbacha)

  1. (literary) landed estate, patrimony
  2. glebe
Declension
Declension of forba (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative forba forbacha
vocative a fhorba a fhorbacha
genitive forba forbacha
dative forba forbacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an forba na forbacha
genitive an fhorba na bhforbacha
dative leis an bhforba
don fhorba
leis na forbacha

Etymology 2

From Old Irish forbae (cutting).

Noun

forba m (genitive singular forba)

  1. a cutting, gash
Declension
Declension of forba (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative forba
vocative a fhorba
genitive forba
dative forba
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an forba
genitive an fhorba
dative leis an bhforba
don fhorba
Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of forba
radical lenition eclipsis
forba fhorba bhforba

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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