rabhán

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

rabhán m (genitive singular rabháin, nominative plural rabháin)

1. spasm, prolonged fit (of coughing)
2. sudden outburst, fit
3. (literary) doggerel verse, vulgar rhyme

Declension

Declension of rabhán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative rabhán rabháin Vocative a rabháin a rabhána Genitive rabháin rabhán Dative rabhán rabháin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an rabhán na rabháin Genitive an rabháin na rabhán Dative leis an rabhán don rabhán leis na rabháin

Noun

rabhán m (genitive singular rabháin)

1. (botany) thrift

Declension

Declension of rabhán

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative rabhán Vocative a rabháin Genitive rabháin Dative rabhán

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an rabhán Genitive an rabháin Dative leis an rabhán don rabhán

Alternative forms

• ruán