forba

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish orbbae.

Noun

forba m (genitive singular forba, nominative plural forbacha)

1. (literary) landed estate, patrimony
2. glebe

Declension

Declension of forba

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative forba forbacha Vocative a fhorba a fhorbacha Genitive forba forbacha Dative forba forbacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an forba na forbacha Genitive an fhorba na bhforbacha Dative leis an bhforba don fhorba leis na forbacha

Etymology 2

From Old Irish forbae (“cutting”).

Noun

forba m (genitive singular forba)

1. a cutting, gash

Declension

Declension of forba

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative forba Vocative a fhorba Genitive forba Dative forba

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an forba Genitive an fhorba Dative leis an bhforba don fhorba

Derived terms

• forba a dhéanamh (“to tear into, to work wonders”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
forba	fhorba	bhforba
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “forba”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “orb(b)a”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “forbba”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “forba”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “forba”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024