preabán

See also: preaban

Irish

Etymology

From preab +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɾʲabˠanˠ/, /ˈpʲɾʲabˠan̪ˠ/

Noun

preabán m (genitive singular preabáin, nominative plural preabáin)

1. patch (piece of cloth used to repair a garment; small piece of anything used to repair a breach)

   Synonym: paiste

2. (chiefly in the plural) rag (mean or tattered attire)

   Synonyms: giobal, cifleog

3. a small piece of something

Declension

Declension of preabán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative preabán preabáin Vocative a phreabáin a phreabána Genitive preabáin preabán Dative preabán preabáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an preabán na preabáin Genitive an phreabáin na bpreabán Dative leis an bpreabán don phreabán leis na preabáin

Derived terms

• preabán sáile (“heeltap”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
preabán	phreabán	bpreabán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “prebán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “preabán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 551
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “preabán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN