tobann
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Alteration of earlier obann, from Middle Irish opund (“quick, sudden”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic obann.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tobann (genitive singular masculine tobainn, genitive singular feminine tobainne, plural tobanna, comparative tobainne)
- sudden, unexpected
- hasty, quick
- Synonyms: araiciseach, mear
- precipitate (with a hasty impulse), rash, snap (done quickly and unexpectedly), abrupt (without notice)
- Synonym: mear
- impetuous (making arbitrary decisions), impulsive (actuated by impulse or transient feelings)
- irascible, quick-tempered, short-tempered
- Synonyms: colgach, araiciseach
Declension
[edit]Declension of tobann
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | tobann | thobann | tobanna; thobanna² | |
Vocative | thobainn | tobanna | ||
Genitive | tobainne | tobanna | tobann | |
Dative | tobann; thobann¹ |
thobann; thobainn (archaic) |
tobanna; thobanna² | |
Comparative | níos tobainne | |||
Superlative | is tobainne |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tobann | thobann | dtobann |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- “tobann”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “opunn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “obann”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 524
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tobann”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 738
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tobann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 50