daibhir

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish daidbir (“poor, indigent; feeble; a poor person”) (opposed to saidbir (“rich, wealthy”), modern saibhir).

Adjective

daibhir (genitive singular masculine daibhir, genitive singular feminine daibhre, plural daibhre, comparative daibhre)

1. poor, indigent

Declension

Declension of daibhir

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	daibhir	dhaibhir	daibhre; dhaibhre²
Vocative	dhaibhir		daibhre
Genitive		daibhre	daibhre	daibhir
Dative	daibhir; dhaibhir¹	dhaibhir; dhaibhir (archaic)	daibhre; dhaibhre²
Comparative	níos daibhre
Superlative	is daibhre

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• bocht
• dealbh

Antonyms

• saibhir

Derived terms

• daibhreas

Noun

daibhir m (genitive singular daibhir, nominative plural daibhre)

1. poor person

Declension

Declension of daibhir

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative daibhir daibhre Vocative a dhaibhir a dhaibhre Genitive daibhir daibhre Dative daibhir daibhre

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an daibhir na daibhre Genitive an daibhir na ndaibhre Dative leis an daibhir don daibhir leis na daibhre

Synonyms

• bocht

Antonyms

• saibhir

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
daibhir	dhaibhir	ndaibhir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “daibhir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “daidbir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language