daibhir

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish daidbir (“poor, indigent; feeble; a poor person”) (opposed to saidbir (“rich, wealthy”), modern saibhir).

Adjective

daibhir (genitive singular masculine daibhir, genitive singular feminine daibhre, plural daibhre, comparative daibhre)

  1. poor, indigent

Declension

Declension of daibhir
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative daibhir dhaibhir daibhre;
dhaibhre2
vocative dhaibhir daibhre
genitive daibhre daibhre daibhir
dative daibhir;
dhaibhir1 		dhaibhir;
dhaibhir (archaic) 		daibhre;
dhaibhre2
Comparative níos daibhre
Superlative is daibhre

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

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Noun

daibhir m (genitive singular daibhir, nominative plural daibhre)

  1. poor person

Declension

Declension of daibhir (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative daibhir daibhre
vocative a dhaibhir a dhaibhre
genitive daibhir daibhre
dative daibhir daibhre
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an daibhir na daibhre
genitive an daibhir na ndaibhre
dative leis an daibhir
don daibhir 		leis na daibhre

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Mutation

Mutated forms of daibhir
radical lenition eclipsis
daibhir dhaibhir ndaibhir

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

References

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