inarbh (form used before a consonantinar)(used before a vowel sound)
| simple copular forms | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| affirmative | negative | interrogative | negative interrogative | ||
| present/future | |||||
| main clause | is | ní | an | nach | |
| relative clause | direct | nach | – | ||
| indirect | ar,arbv | ||||
| other subordinate clause | gur,gurbv | an | nach | ||
| past/conditional | |||||
| main clause | ba,b’v | níor,níorbhv | ar,arbhv | nár,nárbhv | |
| relative clause | direct | ba,abv | nár,nárbhv | – | |
| indirect | ar,arbhv | ||||
| other subordinate clause | gur,gurbhv | ar,arbhv | nár,nárbhv | ||
| present subjunctive | |||||
| – | gura,gurabv | nára,nárabv | – | ||
| compound copular forms | |||||
| base word | present/future | past/conditional | |||
| cá | cár,cárbv | cár,cárbhv | |||
| cé | cér,cérbv | cér,cérbhv | |||
| dá | – | dámba,dámb’v | |||
| de/do | dar,darbv | dar,darbhv | |||
| faoi | faoinar,faoinarbv | faoinar,faoinarbhv | |||
| i | inar,inarbv | inar,inarbhv | |||
| le | lenar,lenarbv | lenar,lenarbhv | |||
| má | más | mába,máb’v | |||
| mura | mura,murabv | murar,murarbhv | |||
| ó(preposition) | ónar,ónarbv | ónar,ónarbhv | |||
| ó(conjunction) | ós | óba,ób’v | |||
| trí | trínar,trínarbv | trínar,trínarbhv | |||
v Used before vowel sounds
| contracted with | copular forms | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | an(“the sg”) | na(“the pl”) | mo(“my”) | do(“your”) | a(“his, her, their; which (present)”) | ár(“our”) | ar(“which (past)”) | before a consonant | before a vowel | |
| present/future | past/conditional | |||||||||
| de(“from”) | den | dena desna* | demo dem* | dedo ded*,det* | dá | dár | dar | darb | darbh | |
| do(“to, for”) | don | dona dosna* | domo dom* | dodo dod*,dot* | dá | dár | dar | darb | darbh | |
| faoi(“under, about”) | faoin | faoina | faoimo | faoido | faoina | faoinár | faoinar | faoinarb | faoinarbh | |
| i(“in”) | sa,san | sna | imo im* | ido id*,it* | ina | inár | inar | inarb | inarbh | |
| le(“with”) | leisan | leisna | lemo lem* | ledo led*,let* | lena | lenár | lenar | lenarb | lenarbh | |
| ó(“from, since”) | ón | óna ósna* | ómo óm* | ódo ód*,ót* | óna | ónár | ónar | ónarb | ónarbh | |
| trí(“through”) | trídan | trína | trímo | trído | trína | trínár | trínar | trínarb | trínarbh | |
*dialectal