ní ba

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See also: niba, níba, and níbā

Irish

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Particle

ba (triggers lenition; used before a consonant sound)

  1. past tense of níos (particle used with the comparative/superlative form of adjectives to form the simple comparative)
    Bhí an buachaill ní ba mhó ná Séamas.
    The boy was bigger than James.