uirbeach

Irish

Etymology

From Latin urbs (“city”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

uirbeach (genitive singular masculine uirbigh, genitive singular feminine uirbí, plural uirbeacha, comparative uirbí)

  1. urban, metropolitan

Declension
Declension of uirbeach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative uirbeach uirbeach uirbeacha
Vocative uirbigh uirbeacha
Genitive uirbí uirbeacha uirbeach
Dative uirbeach uirbeach;
uirbigh (archaic)		 uirbeacha
Comparative níos uirbí
Superlative is uirbí

Derived terms
  • ceirtleán uirbeach (“urban agglomeration”)
  • fo-uirbeach m (“suburban”)
  • imeall uirbeach (“urban fringe”)
  • meath uirbeach (“urban blight”)
  • uirbeachas
  • uirbigh (“urbanise”, verb)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
uirbeach n-uirbeach huirbeach not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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