lenarbh

lenarbh - Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈlʲɛnˠəɾˠvˠ/

Particle

lenarbh (form used before a consonant lenar) (used before a vowel sound)

  1. with which/whom was/would be
    • an fear lenarbh fhéidir labhairt le hainmhithethe man who could talk to animals
    • páiste lenarbh eagal go dtiocfadh robálaí sa teacha child who was afraid that a robber would come into the house

Usage notes

Especially in the spoken language, it is more common to use the indirect relative particle ar with a resumptive prepositional pronoun:

  • an fear arbh fhéidir leis labhairt le hainmhithethe man who could talk to animals
  • páiste arbh eagal leis go dtiocfadh robálaí sa teacha child who was afraid that a robber would come into the house
Simple copular forms
Present/future
AffirmativeNegativeInterrogativeNeg. inter.
Main clauses isannach
Direct relative clauses nach
Indirect relative clausesar, arbv
Other subordinate clausesgur, gurbvannach
Past/conditional
AffirmativeNegativeInterrogativeNeg. inter.
Main clausesba, b’vníor, níorbhvar, arbhvnár, nárbhv
Direct relative clausesba, abv nár, nárbhv
Indirect relative clausesar, arbhv
Other subordinate clausesgur, gurbhvar, arbhvnár, nárbhv
Present subjunctive
AffirmativeNegative
gura, gurabvnára, nárabv
    Compound copular forms
Base wordPresent/futurePast/conditional
cár, cárbvcár, cárbhv
cér, cérbvcér, cérbhv
mba, mb’v
de/dodar, darbvdar, darbhv
faoifaoinar, faoinarbvfaoinar, faoinarbhv
iinar, inarbvinar, inarbhv
lelenar, lenarbvlenar, lenarbhv
más ba, b’v
muramura, murabvmurar, murarbhv
ó (prep.)ónar, ónarbvónar, ónarbhv
ó (conj.)ósó ba, ó b’v
trítrínar, trínarbvtrínar, trínarbhv
v Used before vowel sounds
Basic form Contracted with Copular forms
an (the sg)na (the pl)mo (my)do (your)a (his, her, their; which (present))ár (our)ar (which (past))(before consonant)(present/future before vowel)(past/conditional before vowel)
de (“from”)dende na desna*de mo dem*de do ded*, det* dárdardarbdarbh
do (“to, for”)dondo na dosna*do mo dom*do do dod*, dot* dárdardarbdarbh
faoi (“under, about”)faoinfaoi nafaoi mofaoi dofaoinafaoinár faoinarfaoinarbfaoinarbh
i (“in”)sa, sansnai mo im*i do id*, it*inainár inarinarbinarbh
le (“with”)leis anleis nale mo lem*le do led*, let*lenalenár lenarlenarblenarbh
ó (“from, since”)ónó na ósna*ó mo óm*ó do ód*, ót*ónaónár ónarónarbónarbh
trí (“through”)tríd antrí natrí motrí dotrínatrínár trínartrínarbtrínarbh
*Dialectal.
Meaning and Definition of lenarbh
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