forba

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish orbbae.

Noun

forba m (genitive singular forba, nominative plural forbacha)

1. (literary) landed estate, patrimony
2. glebe

Declension

Declension of forba (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative forba forbacha vocative a fhorba a fhorbacha genitive forba forbacha dative forba forbacha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an forba na forbacha genitive an fhorba na bhforbacha dative leis an bhforba don fhorba leis na forbacha

Etymology 2

From Old Irish forbae (“cutting”).

Noun

forba m (genitive singular forba)

1. a cutting, gash

Declension

Declension of forba (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative forba vocative a fhorba genitive forba dative forba forms with the definite article singular nominative an forba genitive an fhorba dative leis an bhforba don fhorba

Derived terms

• forba a dhéanamh (“to tear into, to work wonders”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of forba

radical	lenition	eclipsis
forba	fhorba	bhforba

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “forba”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “orb(b)a”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “forbba”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “forba”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “forba”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025