rabharta
Irish
Noun
rabharta m (genitive singular rabharta, nominative plural rabhartaí)
- spring tide
- flood (also metaphorical)
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 196:
- Do ghlac rabharta feirge an captaen, ach níor leig sé aon nídh air.
- A flood of rage seized the captain, but he didn’t let on.
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 196:
Declension
Declension of rabharta
Fourth declension
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Forms with the definite article
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References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 18
Further reading
- “rabharta”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “robarta, rabarta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “raḃarta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 556
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “rabharta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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