níorbh
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- níorbh’, níor bh’ (superseded)
Particle
[edit]níorbh (form used before consonants níor) (copular form; used before vowels and fh plus vowel)
- not (used in the past/conditional)
- Níorbh iontaí liom an sneachta dearg ná é.
- Nothing would surprise me more. (lit. Red snow wouldn’t surprise me more than it.)
- Níorbh fhéidir léi é a dhéanamh.
- She couldn’t do it.
Related terms
[edit]simple copular forms | |||||
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affirmative | negative | interrogative | negative interrogative | ||
present/future | |||||
main clause | is | ní | an | nach | |
relative clause | direct | nach | – | ||
indirect | ar, arbv | ||||
other subordinate clause | gur, gurbv | an | nach | ||
past/conditional | |||||
main clause | ba, b’v | níor, níorbhv | ar, arbhv | nár, nárbhv | |
relative clause | direct | ba, abv | nár, nárbhv | – | |
indirect | ar, arbhv | ||||
other subordinate clause | gur, gurbhv | ar, arbhv | nár, nárbhv | ||
present subjunctive | |||||
– | gura, gurabv | nára, nárabv | – | ||
compound copular forms | |||||
base word | present/future | past/conditional | |||
cá | cár, cárbv | cár, cárbhv | |||
cé | cér, cérbv | cér, cérbhv | |||
dá | – | dá mba, dá mb’v | |||
de/do | dar, darbv | dar, darbhv | |||
faoi | faoinar, faoinarbv | faoinar, faoinarbhv | |||
i | inar, inarbv | inar, inarbhv | |||
le | lenar, lenarbv | lenar, lenarbhv | |||
má | más | má ba, má b’v | |||
mura | mura, murabv | murar, murarbhv | |||
ó (prep.) | ónar, ónarbv | ónar, ónarbhv | |||
ó (conj.) | ós | ó ba, ó b’v | |||
trí | trínar, trínarbv | trínar, trínarbhv |
v Used before vowel sounds