Hungarian

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Etymology

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dal +‎ -ba

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdɒlbɒ]
  • Hyphenation: dal‧ba

Noun

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dalba

  1. illative singular of dal

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish dalbda (lying, deceitful).[2]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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dalba (comparative dalba or dalbaíocha)

  1. (Ulster) bold (presumptuous), forward (without customary restraint), brazen (immodest, shameless), impudent; naughty (tending to misbehave or act badly)
    Synonym: dána

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dalba dhalba ndalba
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ dalba”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dalbba, dolbba”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 138, page 53

Further reading

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Lithuanian

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Noun

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dálba f stress pattern 1

  1. lever, handspike
  2. crowbar

Nyunga

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Noun

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dalba

  1. ashes, dust

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