brobh

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

brobh m (genitive singular broibh, nominative plural broibh or brobhanna)

  1. blade (narrow leaf of a grass or grain)
    brobh luachra ― a (single) rush

Declension

Weak plural:

Declension of brobh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative brobh broibh
Vocative a bhroibh a bhrobha
Genitive broibh brobh
Dative brobh broibh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an brobh na broibh
Genitive an bhroibh na mbrobh
Dative leis an mbrobh

don bhrobh

 leis na broibh

Strong plural:

Declension of brobh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative brobh brobhanna
Vocative a bhroibh a bhrobhanna
Genitive broibh brobhanna
Dative brobh brobhanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an brobh na brobhanna
Genitive an bhroibh na mbrobhanna
Dative leis an mbrobh

don bhrobh

 leis na brobhanna

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
brobh bhrobh mbrobh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 36, page 16

Further reading
  • “brobh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “brobh”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 89
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brobh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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