cárb

See also: carb and carb-

Irish

Alternative forms

• cár b’ (superseded)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːɾˠbˠ/

Particle

cárb (copular form used before a vowel, form used before a consonant cár)

1. where is..., what is...

   Níl a fhios agam ó thalamh na bhfionn cárb as é.

   I don’t know where on earth he comes from

Derived terms

• cárb as duit?
• cárb as thú?

Related terms

Irish copular forms

Simple copular forms Present/future Affirmative Negative Interrogative Neg. inter. Main clauses is ní an nach Direct relative clauses nach Indirect relative clauses ar, arbv Other subordinate clauses gur, gurbv an nach Past/conditional Affirmative Negative Interrogative Neg. inter. Main clauses ba, b’v níor, níorbhv ar, arbhv nár, nárbhv Direct relative clauses ba, abv nár, nárbhv Indirect relative clauses ar, arbhv Other subordinate clauses gur, gurbhv ar, arbhv nár, nárbhv Present subjunctive Affirmative Negative gura, gurabv nára, nárabv		Compound copular forms Base word Present/future Past/conditional cá cár, cárbv cár, cárbhv cé cér, cérbv cér, cérbhv dá dá mba, dá mb’v de/do dar, darbv dar, darbhv faoi faoinar, faoinarbv faoinar, faoinarbhv i inar, inarbv inar, inarbhv le lenar, lenarbv lenar, lenarbhv má más má ba, má b’v mura mura, murabv murar, murarbhv ó (prep.) ónar, ónarbv ónar, ónarbhv ó (conj.) ós ó ba, ó b’v trí trínar, trínarbv trínar, trínarbhv
v Used before vowel sounds

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cárb”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall, Ua Maoileoin, Pádraig (1991) “cárb”, in An Foclóir Beag (in Irish), Dublin: An Gúm