adhbha

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish adba (“abode, dwelling place”), verbal noun of *ad·fen.

Noun

adhbha f (genitive singular adhbhadh, nominative plural adhbhtha)

  1. (literary) abode

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

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

Further reading

  • "adhbha" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 adba” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “adhbha” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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