vuibhearn

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English wyvern, from Middle English wyvere (“viper”), from Old Northern French wivre, from Latin vīpera (“viper; snake, serpent”).

Noun

vuibhearn m (genitive singular vuibhirn, nominative plural vuibhirn)

1. (heraldry, mythology) wyvern

Declension

Declension of vuibhearn (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative vuibhearn vuibhirn vocative a vuibhirn a vuibhearna genitive vuibhirn vuibhearn dative vuibhearn vuibhirn forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an vuibhearn na vuibhirn genitive an vuibhirn na vuibhearn dative leis an vuibhearn don vuibhearn leis na vuibhirn

References

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