adhbha

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish adba (“abode, dwelling place”), verbal noun of *ad·fen.

Noun

adhbha f (genitive singular adhbhadh, nominative plural adhbhtha)

1. (literary) abode
2. lair

   Synonym: fáir

Declension

Declension of adhbha

Irregular

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative adhbha adhbhtha Vocative a adhbha a adhbhtha Genitive adhbhadh adhbhadh Dative adhbha adhbhtha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an adhbha na hadhbhtha Genitive na hadhbhadh na n-adhbhadh Dative leis an adhbha don adhbha leis na hadhbhtha

Derived terms

• adhbha éaga (“abode of death”)
• adhbha rón (“seal rookery”)
• adhbha sionnach (“foxes' lair”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhbha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 adba”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “adhbha”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024