gobadán

Irish

Etymology

From gob (“beak, bill; pointy nose”) +‎ -adán.

Noun

gobadán m (genitive singular gobadáin, nominative plural gobadáin)

1. sandpiper
2. Synonym of gobachán (“sharp-featured person; beak-nosed person; sharp-tongued person; inquisitive, interfering, person; chatterer, gossip”)
3. nosey parker

Declension

Declension of gobadán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative gobadán gobadáin Vocative a ghobadáin a ghobadána Genitive gobadáin gobadán Dative gobadán gobadáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an gobadán na gobadáin Genitive an ghobadáin na ngobadán Dative leis an ngobadán don ghobadán leis na gobadáin

Derived terms

• gobadán cosbhuí (“purple sandpiper”)
• gobadán glas (“green sandpiper”)
• gobadán na cuaiche (“bird that follows the cuckoo; pipit”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gobadán	ghobadán	ngobadán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gobadán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gobadán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gobadán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024