bíchearb

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bicherb, from béo (“living”) + cerb (“silver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲiːçəɾˠəbˠ/

Noun

bíchearb m (genitive singular bíchearba)

1. mercury, quicksilver

Declension

Declension of bíchearb

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative bíchearb Vocative a bhíchearb Genitive bíchearbha Dative bíchearb

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an bíchearb Genitive an bhíchearbha Dative leis an mbíchearb don bhíchearb

Synonyms

• airgead beo
• mearcair

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bíchearb	bhíchearb	mbíchearb
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bíchearb”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bíchearb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language