fobhán
Irish
editEtymology
editAdjective
editfobhán (genitive singular masculine fobháin, genitive singular feminine fobháine, plural fobhána, comparative fobháine)
Declension
editDeclension of fobhán
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
editIrish mutation | ||
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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
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fobhán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN