dalba

Hungarian

Etymology

dal +‎ -ba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɒlbɒ]
• Hyphenation: dal‧ba

Noun

dalba

1. illative singular of dal

Irish

Alternative forms

• dalbaidh, dolba

Etymology

From Middle Irish dalbda (“lying, deceitful”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠalˠəbˠə/, /ˈd̪ˠal̪ˠəbˠə/

Adjective

dalba

1. (Ulster) bold (presumptuous), forward (without customary restraint), brazen (immodest, shameless), impudent; naughty (tending to misbehave or act badly)

   Synonym: dána

Declension

Declension of dalba

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	dalba	dhalba	dalba; dhalba²
Vocative	dhalba		dalba
Genitive		dalba	dalba	dalba
Dative	dalba; dhalba¹	dhalba	dalba; dhalba²
Comparative	níos dalba
Superlative	is dalba

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dalba	dhalba	ndalba
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “dalba”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dalbba, dolbba”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dalba”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 221
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dalba”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 53

Lithuanian

Noun

dálba f stress pattern 1

1. lever, handspike
2. crowbar

Nyunga

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Noun

dalba

1. ashes, dust

References

• 1839, George Grey, Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Language of Western Australia (Perth gazette and Western Australian journal)