• nárbh’,nárbh’(superseded)

nárbh (before consonantsnár)(introduces negative past/conditional copular clauses of various kinds; used before vowels andfh plus vowel)

1. wasn’t/wouldn’t...be?(used to introduce a negative question)

   Nárbh fhearr leat cupán tae?

   Wouldn’t you prefer a cup of tea?

2. which/whowasn’t/wouldn’tbe(used to introduce both direct and indirect relative clauses)

   an bheannárbh iascaire í ―the woman who wasn’t a fisherwoman

   an bheannárbh fhearr léi bainne ―the woman who wouldn’t prefer milk

   • 1939,Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, inMarie-Louise Sjoestedt,Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études;270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page194:

     Do bhíodar sé mhí gan fille, agus nuair a chonaic Máire an t-árthach ag teacht chun cuain, bhí sceitimíní ar a croidhe le lúthgháir agus le h-áthas, nínárbh’ iongnadh.

     They were [away] six months without returning, and when Máire saw the vessel coming to port, her heart had raptures of gladness and joy,which was not surprising.

3. that...itwasn’t/wouldn’tbe;whether/if...itwasn’t/wouldn’tbe(used to introduce a negative past/conditional copular subordinate clause, including an indirect question)

   Dúirt sínárbh fhearr léi cupán tae.

   She said that she wouldn’t prefer a cup of tea

   Ní raibh a fhios agamnárbh fhearr léi cupán tae.

   I didn’t know whether she would prefer a cup of tea.

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