boirbe

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish burbae (“stupidity, ignorance; boorishness, harshness, fierceness, violence”), from borb.

Noun

boirbe f (genitive singular boirbe)

1. fierceness; rudeness
2. coarseness
3. rankness

   Synonyms: boirbeacht, borbacht, drochmhúineadh

Declension

Declension of boirbe

Fourth declension

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

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an bhoirbe Genitive na boirbe Dative leis an mboirbe don bhoirbe

Alternative forms

• borba, buirbe

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

boirbe

1. inflection of borb:
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
boirbe	bhoirbe	mboirbe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Entries containing “boirbe” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “boirbe” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “boirbe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “burbae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language