píbdhubh

Irish

Etymology

From píb (“throat, neck”) +‎ dubh (“black”).

Adjective

píbdhubh (genitive singular masculine píbdhuibh, genitive singular feminine píbdhubhe, plural píbdhubha, not comparable)

  1. black-necked

Declension

Declension of píbdhubh
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative píbdhubh phíbdhubh píbdhubha;
phíbdhubha2
vocative phíbdhuibh píbdhubha
genitive píbdhubhe píbdhubha píbdhubh
dative píbdhubh;
phíbdhubh1 		phíbdhubh;
phíbdhuibh (archaic) 		píbdhubha;
phíbdhubha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of píbdhubh
radical lenition eclipsis
píbdhubh phíbdhubh bpíbdhubh

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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