caisearbhán

Irish

Caisearbhán

Etymology

From Old Irish caiserbán, from cas (“curly(-haired)”) + serbán (“oats”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈkaʃ(ə)ɾˠəwaːn]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): [kaˈʃaɾˠəwan]

Noun

caisearbhán m (genitive singular caisearbháin, nominative plural caisearbháin)

1. dandelion (plant, wild flower (genus Taraxacum))
2. (figuratively) sour person

Declension

Declension of caisearbhán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative caisearbhán caisearbháin Vocative a chaisearbháin a chaisearbhána Genitive caisearbháin caisearbhán Dative caisearbhán caisearbháin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an caisearbhán na caisearbháin Genitive an chaisearbháin na gcaisearbhán Dative leis an gcaisearbhán don chaisearbhán leis na caisearbháin

Mutation

Irish mutation
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