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boirbe

boirbe

Irish

Noun

boirbe f (genitive singular boirbe)

  1. fierceness; rudeness
  2. coarseness
  3. rankness
Declension
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Adjective

boirbe

  1. genitive singular feminine of borb
  2. comparative degree of borb

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
boirbe bhoirbe mboirbe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "boirbe" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • burbae” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.