fabhra

Irish

Alternative forms

• abhra

Etymology

From Old Irish fabra, abra.

Noun

fabhra m (genitive singular fabhra, nominative plural fabhraí)

1. eyelash
2. eyebrow
3. (in the plural) fringe

Declension

Declension of fabhra

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fabhra fabhraí Vocative a fhabhra a fhabhraí Genitive fabhra fabhraí Dative fabhra fabhraí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fabhra na fabhraí Genitive an fhabhra na bhfabhraí Dative leis an bhfabhra don fhabhra leis na fabhraí

Derived terms

• fabhraíoch (“pertaining to eyelashes, ciliary”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fabhra	fhabhra	bhfabhra
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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