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arbh

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Irish

Alternative forms

ar bh’ (superseded)

Particle

arbh (past/conditional copular form used before vowels and fh plus vowel)

Introduces an indirect relative clause; past/conditional tense
an fear arbh iascaire a mhac
the man whose son was a fisherman
Introduces a direct or indirect interrogative; past/conditional tense
Arbh fhearr leat cupán tae?
Would you prefer a cup of tea?

Níl a fhios agam arbh fhearr léi cupán tae.
I don’t know if she would prefer a cup of tea.

Derived terms

charbh

Related terms

Irish copular forms
simple copular forms
		affirmative	negative	interrogative	negative interrogative
present/future
main clause		is	ní	an	nach
relative clause	direct	is	nach	–
relative clause	indirect	ar, arb^v		–
other subordinate clause		gur, gurb^v		an	nach
past/conditional
main clause		ba, b’^v	níor, níorbh^v	ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
relative clause	direct	ba, ab^v	nár, nárbh^v	–
relative clause	indirect	ar, arbh^v		–
other subordinate clause		gur, gurbh^v		ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
present subjunctive
–		gura, gurab^v	nára, nárab^v	–

compound copular forms
base word		present/future		past/conditional
cá		cár, cárb^v		cár, cárbh^v
cé		cér, cérb^v		cér, cérbh^v
dá		–		dá mba, dá mb’^v
de/do		dar, darb^v		dar, darbh^v
faoi		faoinar, faoinarb^v		faoinar, faoinarbh^v
i		inar, inarb^v		inar, inarbh^v
le		lenar, lenarb^v		lenar, lenarbh^v
má		más		má ba, má b’^v
mura		mura, murab^v		murar, murarbh^v
ó (prep.)		ónar, ónarb^v		ónar, ónarbh^v
ó (conj.)		ós		ó ba, ó b’^v
trí		trínar, trínarb^v		trínar, trínarbh^v

^v Used before vowel sounds

References

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

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