agarbh

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

agarbh (genitive singular masculine agairbh, genitive singular feminine agairbhe, plural agarbha, comparative agairbhe)

1. (literary) harsh, bitter

Declension

Declension of agarbh

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	agarbh	agarbh	agarbha
vocative	agairbh		agarbha
genitive		agarbhe	agarbha	agarbh
dative	agarbh	agarbh; agairbh (archaic)	agarbha
Comparative	níos agarbhe
Superlative	is agarbhe

Mutation

Mutated forms of agarbh

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
agarbh	n-agarbh	hagarbh	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “agarbh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN