tobán

See also: toban

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish toba (possibly borrowed from Middle English [Term?]) +‎ -án.

Noun

tobán m (genitive singular tobáin, nominative plural tobáin)

1. tub
2. tubby person

Declension

Declension of tobán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative tobán tobáin Vocative a thobáin a thobána Genitive tobáin tobán Dative tobán tobáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tobán na tobáin Genitive an tobáin na dtobán Dative leis an tobán don tobán leis na tobáin

Derived terms

• tobán folctha m (“bathtub”)
• tobán níocháin m (“wash-tub”)
• tobán saillte m (“salting-tub”)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tobán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “toba”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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