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saibhir
saibhir
Irish
Alternative forms
Adjective
saibhir (genitive singular masculine saibhir, genitive singular feminine saibhre, plural saibhre, comparative saibhre)
Declension
Declension of saibhir
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | saibhir | shaibhir | saibhre; shaibhre² |
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Vocative | shaibhir | saibhre | ||
Genitive | saibhre | saibhre | saibhir | |
Dative | saibhir; shaibhir¹ |
shaibhir; shaibhir (archaic) |
saibhre; shaibhre² |
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Comparative | níos saibhre | |||
Superlative | is saibhre |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Antonyms
Noun
saibhir m (genitive singular saibhir, nominative plural saibhre)
- rich person
Declension
Declension of saibhir
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Antonyms
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
saibhir | shaibhir after an, tsaibhir |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- "saibhir" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “saidbir” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.