subh

See also: sùbh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish suib, from Proto-Celtic *subi (“strawberry”). See Scottish Gaelic sùbh. Doublet of sú.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠuvˠ/

Noun

subh f (genitive singular suibhe, nominative plural subha)

1. jam (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
2. alternative form of sú (“(red) berry”)

Declension

Declension of subh (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative subh subha vocative a shubh a shubha genitive suibhe subh dative subh suibh (archaic, dialectal) subha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an tsubh na subha genitive na suibhe na subh dative leis an tsubh leis an tsuibh (archaic, dialectal) don tsubh don tsuibh (archaic, dialectal) leis na subha

Mutation

Mutated forms of subh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
subh	shubh after an, tsubh	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “suḃ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1141; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “subh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “subh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “subh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026