rabharta

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish robartae.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

rabharta m (genitive singular rabharta, nominative plural rabhartaí)

  1. spring tide
  2. (literal and figurative) flood
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 196:
      Do ghlac rabharta feirge an captaen, ach níor leig sé aon nídh air.
      A flood of rage seized the captain, but he didn’t let on.

Declension
Declension of rabharta

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rabharta rabhartaí
Vocative a rabharta a rabhartaí
Genitive rabharta rabhartaí
Dative rabharta rabhartaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an rabharta na rabhartaí
Genitive an rabharta na rabhartaí
Dative leis an rabharta

don rabharta

 leis na rabhartaí

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “robarta, rabarta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 199, page 100
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 40, page 18

Further reading
  • “rabharta”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “raḃarta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 556
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rabharta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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