fobhán
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fobhán (genitive singular masculine fobháin, genitive singular feminine fobháine, plural fobhána, comparative fobháine)
Declension
[edit]Declension of fobhán
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fobhán | fhobhán | fobhána; fhobhána² | |
| Vocative | fhobháin | fobhána | ||
| Genitive | fobháne | fobhána | fobhán | |
| Dative | fobhán; fhobhán¹ |
fhobhán; fhobháin (archaic) |
fobhána; fhobhána² | |
| Comparative | níos fobháne | |||
| Superlative | is fobháne | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fobhán | fhobhán | bhfobhán |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fobhán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN