lenarbh

Irish

lenarbh (form used before a consonant lenar) (used before a vowel sound)

with which/whom was/would be
an fear lenarbh fhéidir labhairt le hainmhithe ― the man who could talk to animals

páiste lenarbh eagal go dtiocfadh robálaí sa teach ― a child who was afraid that a robber would come into the house

Especially in the spoken language, it is more common to use the indirect relative particle ar with a resumptive prepositional pronoun:

an fear arbh fhéidir leis labhairt le hainmhithe ― the man who could talk to animals

páiste arbh eagal leis go dtiocfadh robálaí sa teach ― a child who was afraid that a robber would come into the house

Irish copular forms

Simple copular forms

Compound copular forms

^v Used before vowel sounds

Irish preposition contractions

Basic form	Contracted with							Copular forms
Basic form	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”)	den	de na desna*	de mo dem*	de do ded, det	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
do (“to, for”)	don	do na dosna*	do mo dom*	do do dod, dot	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
faoi (“under, about”)	faoin	faoi na	faoi mo	faoi do	faoina	faoinár	faoinar		faoinarb	faoinarbh
i (“in”)	sa, san	sna	i mo im*	i do id, it	ina	inár	inar		inarb	inarbh
le (“with”)	leis an	leis na	le mo lem*	le do led, let	lena	lenár	lenar		lenarb	lenarbh
ó (“from, since”)	ón	ó na ósna*	ó mo óm*	ó do ód, ót	óna	ónár	ónar		ónarb	ónarbh
trí (“through”)	tríd an	trí na	trí mo	trí do	trína	trínár	trínar		trínarb	trínarbh
*Dialectal.

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