lenarbh
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Irish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Particle
lenarbh (form used before a consonant lenar) (used before a vowel sound)
- with which/whom was/would be
- an fear lenarbh fhéidir labhairt le hainmhithe ― the man who could talk to animals
- páiste lenarbh eagal go dtiocfadh robálaí sa teach ― a 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 hainmhithe ― the man who could talk to animals
- páiste arbh eagal leis go dtiocfadh robálaí sa teach ― a child who was afraid that a robber would come into the house
Related terms
| simple copular forms | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| affirmative | negative | interrogative | negative interrogative | ||
| present/future | |||||
| main clause | is | ní | an | nach | |
| relative clause | direct | nach | – | ||
| indirect | ar, arbv | ||||
| other subordinate clause | gur, gurbv | an | nach | ||
| past/conditional | |||||
| main clause | ba, b’v | níor, níorbhv | ar, arbhv | nár, nárbhv | |
| relative clause | direct | ba, abv | nár, nárbhv | – | |
| indirect | ar, arbhv | ||||
| other subordinate clause | gur, gurbhv | ar, arbhv | nár, nárbhv | ||
| present subjunctive | |||||
| – | gura, gurabv | nára, nárabv | – | ||
| compound copular forms | |||||
| base word | present/future | past/conditional | |||
| cá | cár, cárbv | cár, cárbhv | |||
| cé | cér, cérbv | cér, cérbhv | |||
| dá | – | dá mba, dá mb’v | |||
| de/do | dar, darbv | dar, darbhv | |||
| faoi | faoinar, faoinarbv | faoinar, faoinarbhv | |||
| i | inar, inarbv | inar, inarbhv | |||
| le | lenar, lenarbv | lenar, lenarbhv | |||
| má | más | má ba, má b’v | |||
| mura | mura, murabv | murar, murarbhv | |||
| ó (preposition) | ónar, ónarbv | ónar, ónarbhv | |||
| ó (conjunction) | ós | ó ba, ó b’v | |||
| trí | trínar, trínarbv | trínar, 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”) | den | de na desna* | de mo dem* | de do ded*, det* | dá | dár | dar | darb | darbh | |
| do (“to, for”) | don | do na dosna* | do mo dom* | do do dod*, dot* | dá | dár | dar | darb | darbh | |
| faoi (“under, about”) | faoin | faoi na | faoi mo | faoi do | faoina | faoinár | faoinar | faoinarb | faoinarbh | |
| i (“in”) | sa, san | sna | i mo im* | i do id*, it* | ina | inár | inar | inarb | inarbh | |
| le (“with”) | leis an | leis na | le mo lem* | le do led*, let* | lena | lenár | lenar | lenarb | lenarbh | |
| ó (“from, since”) | ón | ó na ósna* | ó mo óm* | ó do ód*, ót* | óna | ónár | ónar | ónarb | ónarbh | |
| trí (“through”) | tríd an | trí na | trí mo | trí do | trína | trínár | trínar | trínarb | trínarbh | |
| *Dialectal. | ||||||||||
Irish preposition contractions
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