fabhra

Irish

Alternative forms

abhra

Etymology

From Old Irish fabra, abra.

Noun

fabhra m (genitive singular fabhra, nominative plural fabhraí)

eyelash
eyebrow
(in the plural) fringe

Declension

Declension of fabhra

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fabhra	fabhraí
Vocative	a fhabhra	a fhabhraí
Genitive	fabhra	fabhraí
Dative	fabhra	fabhraí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fabhra	na fabhraí
Genitive	an fhabhra	na bhfabhraí
Dative	leis an bhfabhra don fhabhra	leis na fabhraí

Derived terms

fabhraíoch (“pertaining to eyelashes, ciliary”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fabhra	fhabhra	bhfabhra
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fabhra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fabra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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