caisearbhán
Irish
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Etymology
From Old Irish caiserbán, from cas (“curly(-haired)”) + serbán (“oats”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
caisearbhán m (genitive singular caisearbháin, nominative plural caisearbháin)
- dandelion (plant, wild flower (genus Taraxacum))
- (figuratively) sour person
Declension
Declension of caisearbhán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
caisearbhán | chaisearbhán | gcaisearbhán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caisearbhán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caiserbán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “caisearbhán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “caisearbhán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024