ardbhaile

Irish

Etymology

From ard- +‎ baile.

Noun

ardbhaile m (genitive singular ardbhaile, nominative plural ardbhailte)

1. chief town, centre

Declension

Declension of ardbhaile

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ardbhaile ardbhailte Vocative a ardbhaile a ardbhailte Genitive ardbhaile ardbhailte Dative ardbhaile ardbhailte

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ardbhaile na hardbhailte Genitive an ardbhaile na n-ardbhailte Dative leis an ardbhaile don ardbhaile leis na hardbhailte

Synonyms

• (chief town): ceannbhaile, príomhbhaile

Mutation

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

Further reading

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