fódbhán

Irish

Etymology

From fód (“sod, strip of soil; layer of sods, layer of earth”) +‎ bán (“white”).

Adjective

fódbhán (genitive singular masculine fódbháin, genitive singular feminine fódbháine, plural fódbhána, comparative fódbháine)

1. (agriculture) fallow, uncultivated

Declension

Declension of fódbhán

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fódbhán	fhódbhán	fódbhána; fhódbhána²
Vocative	fhódbháin		fódbhána
Genitive		fódbháne	fódbhána	fódbhán
Dative	fódbhán; fhódbhán¹	fhódbhán; fhódbháin (archaic)	fódbhána; fhódbhána²
Comparative	níos fódbháne
Superlative	is fódbháne

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fódbhán	fhódbhán	bhfódbhán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fódbhán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN