boirbe

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish burbae (“stupidity, ignorance; boorishness, harshness, fierceness, violence”), from borb.

Noun

boirbe f (genitive singular boirbe)

    1. fierceness; rudeness
    2. coarseness
    3. rankness
    Synonyms: boirbeacht, borbacht
Declension
Declension of boirbe

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative boirbe
Vocative a bhoirbe
Genitive boirbe
Dative boirbe

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an bhoirbe
Genitive na boirbe
Dative leis an mboirbe

don bhoirbe

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.

Further reading
  • "boirbe" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “burbae” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “boirbe” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “boirbe” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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