fabhra

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish fabra, abra.

Noun

fabhra m (genitive singular fabhra, nominative plural fabhraí)

  1. eyelash
  2. eyebrow
  3. (in the plural) fringe

Declension

Declension of fabhra (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fabhra fabhraí
vocative a fhabhra a fhabhraí
genitive fabhra fabhraí
dative fabhra fabhraí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fabhra na fabhraí
genitive an fhabhra na bhfabhraí
dative leis an bhfabhra
don fhabhra 		leis na fabhraí

Derived terms

  • fabhraíoch (“pertaining to eyelashes, ciliary”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fabhra
radical lenition eclipsis
fabhra fhabhra bhfabhra

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

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