tarbhchomhrac

Irish

Etymology

From tarbh (“bull”) ‎ comhrac (“encounter, fight”).

Noun

tarbhchomhrac m (genitive singular tarbhchomhraic, nominative plural tarbhchomhraic)

1. bullfight
2. bullfighting

Declension

Declension of tarbhchomhrac

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative tarbhchomhrac tarbhchomhraic Vocative a tharbhchomhraic a tharbhchomhraca Genitive tarbhchomhraic tarbhchomhrac Dative tarbhchomhrac tarbhchomhraic

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tarbhchomhrac na tarbhchomhraic Genitive an tarbhchomhraic na dtarbhchomhrac Dative leis an tarbhchomhrac don tarbhchomhrac leis na tarbhchomhraic

Derived terms

• cró tarbhchomhraic (“bull-ring”)

Related terms

• tarbhadóir m, tarbhchomhraiceoir m (“toreador, bullfighter”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tarbhchomhrac	tharbhchomhrac	dtarbhchomhrac
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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