gearb

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish gerb.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

gearb f (genitive singular geirbe, nominative plural gearba)

  1. scab
  2. mange

Declension

Declension of gearb (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative gearb gearba
vocative a ghearb a ghearba
genitive geirbe gearb
dative gearb
geirb (archaic, dialectal) 		gearba
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an ghearb na gearba
genitive na geirbe na ngearb
dative leis an ngearb
leis an ngeirb (archaic, dialectal)
don ghearb
don gheirb (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na gearba

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gearb
radical lenition eclipsis
gearb ghearb ngearb

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), “gerb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 132
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 138, page 54

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