gurb
Appearance
See also: Gurb
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- gur (used before a consonant sound)
- gur b’, gurb’ (superseded)
Particle
[edit]gurb
- that... is
- Deir sé gurb ionann iad.
- He says that they are the same.
- Tá a fhios agam gurb ise a rinne é.
- I know that she’s the one who did it.
Related terms
[edit]| simple copular forms | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present/future | affirmative | negative | interrogative | negative interrogative | |
| main clause | is | ní | an | nach | |
| relative clause | direct | nach | — | ||
| indirect | ar, arbv | ||||
| other subordinate clause | gur, gurbv | an | nach | ||
| past/conditional | affirmative | negative | interrogative | negative interrogative | |
| main clause | ba, b’v | níor, níorbhv | ar, arbhv | nár, nárbhv | |
| relative clause | direct | ba, abv | nár, nárbhv | — | |
| indirect | ar, arbhv | ||||
| other subordinate clause | gur, gurbhv | ar, arbhv | nár, nárbhv | ||
| present subjunctive | affirmative | negative | |||
| — | gura, gurabv | nára, nárabv | |||
| compound copular forms | |||||
| base word | present/future | past/conditional | |||
| cá | cár, cárbv | cár, cárbhv | |||
| cé | cér, cérbv | cér, cérbhv | |||
| dá | — | dá mba, dá mb’v | |||
| de/do | dar, darbv | dar, darbhv | |||
| faoi | faoinar, faoinarbv | faoinar, faoinarbhv | |||
| i | inar, inarbv | inar, inarbhv | |||
| le | lenar, lenarbv | lenar, lenarbhv | |||
| má | más | má ba, má b’v | |||
| mura | mura, murabv | murar, murarbhv | |||
| ó (preposition) | ónar, ónarbv | ónar, ónarbhv | |||
| ó (conjunction) | ós | ó ba, ó b’v | |||
| trí | trínar, trínarbv | trínar, trínarbhv | |||
v Used before vowel sounds