uirbeach

Irish

Etymology

From Latin urbs (“city”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

uirbeach (genitive singular masculine uirbigh, genitive singular feminine uirbí, plural uirbeacha, comparative uirbí)

1. urban, metropolitan

Declension

Declension of uirbeach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	uirbeach	uirbeach	uirbeacha
Vocative	uirbigh		uirbeacha
Genitive		uirbí	uirbeacha	uirbeach
Dative	uirbeach	uirbeach; uirbigh (archaic)	uirbeacha
Comparative	níos uirbí
Superlative	is uirbí

Derived terms

• ceirtleán uirbeach (“urban agglomeration”)
• fo-uirbeach m (“suburban”)
• imeall uirbeach (“urban fringe”)
• meath uirbeach (“urban blight”)
• uirbeachas
• uirbigh (“urbanise”, verb)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uirbeach	n-uirbeach	huirbeach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uirbeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN