buirbe
Irish edit
Noun edit
buirbe f (genitive singular buirbe)
- Alternative form of boirbe (“fierceness; rudeness; coarseness; rankness”)
Declension edit
Declension of buirbe
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
buirbe | bhuirbe | mbuirbe |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “buirbe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Old Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
buirbe
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
buirbe | buirbe pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbuirbe |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish burbae, buirbe, burba, borba (“stupidity, ignorance; boorishness, harshness, fierceness, violence”) (compare Irish boirbe), from borb (“foolish, silly, senseless; stupid, ignorant, unlearned; rude, uncouth; fierce, rough, rude, violent, harsh; arrogant”).
Noun edit
buirbe f
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
buirbe | bhuirbe |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “buirbe”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “burbae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language