preabán
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See also: preaban
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]preabán m (genitive singular preabáin, nominative plural preabáin)
- patch (piece of cloth used to repair a garment; small piece of anything used to repair a breach)
- Synonym: paiste
- (chiefly in the plural) rag (mean or tattered attire)
- a small piece of something
Declension
[edit]Declension of preabán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- preabán sáile (“heeltap”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
preabán | phreabán | bpreabán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 100
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “prebán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “preabán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 551
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “preabán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN