píbdhubh
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From píb (“throat, neck”) + dubh (“black”).
Adjective
[edit]píbdhubh (genitive singular masculine píbdhuibh, genitive singular feminine píbdhubhe, plural píbdhubha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of píbdhubh
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | píbdhubh | phíbdhubh | píbdhubha; phíbdhubha² | |
| Vocative | phíbdhuibh | píbdhubha | ||
| Genitive | píbdhubhe | píbdhubha | píbdhubh | |
| Dative | píbdhubh; phíbdhubh¹ |
phíbdhubh; phíbdhuibh (archaic) |
píbdhubha; phíbdhubha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| píbdhubh | phíbdhubh | bpíbdhubh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||