rabharta
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rabharta m (genitive singular rabharta, nominative plural rabhartaí)
- spring tide
- (literal and figurative) flood
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 196:
- Do ghlac rabharta feirge an captaen, ach níor leig sé aon nídh air.
- A flood of rage seized the captain, but he didn’t let on.
Declension
[edit]Declension of rabharta
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “robarta, rabarta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 199, page 100
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 40, page 18
Further reading
[edit]- “rabharta”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “raḃarta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 556
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rabharta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN