daibhir

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish daidbir (“poor, indigent; feeble; a poor person”) (opposed to saidbir (“rich, wealthy”), modern saibhir).

Adjective

daibhir (genitive singular masculine daibhir, genitive singular feminine daibhre, plural daibhre, comparative daibhre)

1. poor, indigent

Declension

Declension of daibhir

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	daibhir	dhaibhir	daibhre; dhaibhre2
vocative	dhaibhir		daibhre
genitive		daibhre	daibhre	daibhir
dative	daibhir; dhaibhir1	dhaibhir; dhaibhir (archaic)	daibhre; dhaibhre2
Comparative	níos daibhre
Superlative	is daibhre

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• bocht
• dealbh

Antonyms

• saibhir

Derived terms

• daibhreas

Noun

daibhir m (genitive singular daibhir, nominative plural daibhre)

1. poor person

Declension

Declension of daibhir (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative daibhir daibhre vocative a dhaibhir a dhaibhre genitive daibhir daibhre dative daibhir daibhre forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an daibhir na daibhre genitive an daibhir na ndaibhre dative leis an daibhir don daibhir leis na daibhre

Synonyms

• bocht

Antonyms

• saibhir

Mutation

Mutated forms of daibhir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
daibhir	dhaibhir	ndaibhir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “daibhir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “daidbir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language