Irish edit

Noun edit

buirbe f (genitive singular buirbe)

  1. Alternative form of boirbe (fierceness; rudeness; coarseness; rankness)

Declension edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
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

Old Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

buirbe

  1. genitive singular feminine of borb

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
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

  1. atrocity, barbarism, ferocity, fierceness, rudeness, savagery

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
buirbe bhuirbe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit