fobhán

Irish

Etymology

From fo- +‎ bán (“white”).

Adjective

fobhán (genitive singular masculine fobháin, genitive singular feminine fobháine, plural fobhána, comparative fobháine)

1. whitish

   Synonym: scothbhán

Declension

Declension of fobhán

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fobhán	fhobhán	fobhána; fhobhána²
Vocative	fhobháin		fobhána
Genitive		fobháne	fobhána	fobhán
Dative	fobhán; fhobhán¹	fhobhán; fhobháin (archaic)	fobhána; fhobhána²
Comparative	níos fobháne
Superlative	is fobháne

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
fobhán	fhobhán	bhfobhán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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