colbha
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish colba.
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɔlˠəwə/, /ˈkɔl̪ˠəwə/
Noun
colbha m (genitive singular colbha, nominative plural colbhaí)
- (outer) edge (sharp terminating border; a margin; extreme verge), brink, border
- surround (anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something)
- outer edge of bed
- colbha leapa ― bedside
- bedhead (vertical panel or board at the end of a bed where the pillow is placed; that end itself)
- kerb (edge between pavement and roadway)
- colbha bóthair ― roadside, kerb (from the point of view of the road)
- colbha cosáin ― kerb (from the point of view of the pavement/sidewalk)
- (obsolete) ridge (chain of mountains or hills)
- (obsolete) sceptre
- Synonym: ríshlat
Declension
Declension of colbha
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| colbha | cholbha | gcolbha |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “colba”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “colḃa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 170
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “colbha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 54
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