subha

See also: sûbha

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish subae.

Noun

subha f (genitive singular subha)

1. gladness, joy

   Antonym: dubha

Declension

Declension of subha (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative subha vocative a shubha genitive subha dative subha forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tsubha genitive na subha dative leis an tsubha don tsubha

Derived terms

• subhach
• subhachas
• subháilce
• subháilceach

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “suḃa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 701

Etymology 2

Noun

subha

1. nominative/vocative/dative plural of subh

Mutation

Mutated forms of subha

radical	lenition	eclipsis
subha	shubha after an, tsubha	not applicable

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