airbhe

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish airbe (“hedge, fence, paling”), verbal noun of ar·fen (“erects a fence before”).

Noun

airbhe f (genitive singular airbheadh, nominative plural airbheadha)

  1. (literary) fence, hedge

Declension
Declension of airbhe

Irregular

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative airbhe airbheadha
Vocative a airbhe a airbheadha
Genitive airbheadh airbheadh
Dative airbhe airbheadha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an airbhe na hairbheadha
Genitive na hairbheadh na n-airbheadh
Dative leis an airbhe

don airbhe

 leis na hairbheadha

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
airbhe n-airbhe hairbhe not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "airbhe" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 airbe” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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