anbhá

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish anbáthad (“dread, fear, surprise, panic”).

Noun

anbhá m (genitive singular anbhá)

  1. consternation, dismay, panic, desperation

Declension
Declension of anbhá

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative anbhá
Vocative a anbhá
Genitive anbhá
Dative anbhá

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an t-anbhá
Genitive an anbhá
Dative leis an anbhá

don anbhá

Derived terms
  • anbhách (“fearful, panicky”, adjective)

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

Further reading
  • "anbhá" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “anbáthad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “panic” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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