subh

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See also: sùbh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish suib,[1] from Proto-Celtic *subi (“strawberry”). See Scottish Gaelic sùbh. Doublet of sú.

Pronunciation

Noun

subh f (genitive singular suibhe, nominative plural subha)

  1. jam (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
  2. Alternative form of sú (“(red) berry”)

Declension

Declension of subh (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative subh subha
vocative a shubh a shubha
genitive suibhe subh
dative subh
suibh (archaic, dialectal) 		subha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tsubh na subha
genitive na suibhe na subh
dative leis an tsubh
leis an tsuibh (archaic, dialectal)
don tsubh
don tsuibh (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na subha

Mutation

Mutated forms of subh
radical lenition eclipsis
subh shubh
after an, tsubh 		not applicable

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), “1 sub”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 138, page 40; reprinted 1988

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