darbh

Irish

Alternative forms

Particle

darbh (past/conditional copular form used before a vowel, form used before a consonant dar)

  1. to/for which/whom was/would be
    an fear darbh aithnid mé ― the man who knew me
  2. from which/whom was/would be
Derived terms
  • darbh ainm (“(who was) called, named”)
Irish copular forms
Simple copular forms
Present/future
AffirmativeNegativeInterrogativeNeg. inter.
Main clauses isníannach
Direct relative clauses nach
Indirect relative clausesar, arbv
Other subordinate clausesgur, gurbvannach
Past/conditional
AffirmativeNegativeInterrogativeNeg. inter.
Main clausesba, b’vníor, níorbhvar, arbhvnár, nárbhv
Direct relative clausesba, abv nár, nárbhv
Indirect relative clausesar, arbhv
Other subordinate clausesgur, gurbhvar, arbhvnár, nárbhv
Present subjunctive
AffirmativeNegative
gura, gurabvnára, nárabv
     Compound copular forms
Base wordPresent/futurePast/conditional
cácár, cárbvcár, cárbhv
cécér, cérbvcér, cérbhv
dá dá mba, dá mb’v
de/dodar, darbvdar, darbhv
faoifaoinar, faoinarbvfaoinar, faoinarbhv
iinar, inarbvinar, inarbhv
lelenar, lenarbvlenar, lenarbhv
mámásmá ba, má b’v
muramura, murabvmurar, murarbhv
ó (prep.)ónar, ónarbvónar, ónarbhv
ó (conj.)ósó ba, ó b’v
trítrínar, trínarbvtrínar, trínarbhv
v Used before vowel sounds
Irish preposition contractions
Basic form Contracted with Copular forms
an (“the sg”)na (“the pl”)mo (“my”)do (“your”)a (“his, her, their; which (present)”)ár (“our”)ar (“which (past)”)(before consonant)(present/future before vowel)(past/conditional before vowel)
de (“from”)dende na
desna*		de mo
dem*		de do
ded*, det*		dá dárdardarbdarbh
do (“to, for”)dondo na
dosna*		do mo
dom*		do do
dod*, dot*		dá dárdardarbdarbh
faoi (“under, about”)faoinfaoi nafaoi mofaoi dofaoinafaoinár faoinarfaoinarbfaoinarbh
i (“in”)sa, sansnai mo
im*		i do
id*, it*		inainár inarinarbinarbh
le (“with”)leis anleis nale mo
lem*		le do
led*, let*		lenalenár lenarlenarblenarbh
ó (“from, since”)ónó na
ósna*		ó mo
óm*		ó do
ód*, ót*		ónaónár ónarónarbónarbh
trí (“through”)tríd antrí natrí motrí dotrínatrínár trínartrínarbtrínarbh
*Dialectal.

Noun

darbh f (genitive singular dairbhe, nominative plural darbhacha)

  1. Alternative form of doirb (“small insect or worm”)
Declension
Declension of darbh

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative darbh darbhacha
Vocative a dharbh a dharbhacha
Genitive dairbhe darbhacha
Dative darbh
dairbh (archaic, dialectal)		 darbhacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an darbh na darbhacha
Genitive na dairbhe na ndarbhacha
Dative leis an darbh
leis an dairbh (archaic, dialectal)

don darbh
don dairbh (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na darbhacha

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