sealbhán

Irish

Etymology

Old Irish selbán, a diminutive of selb (“flock, herd”). By surface analysis, seilbh +‎ -án.

Noun

sealbhán m (genitive singular sealbháin, nominative plural sealbháin)

1. flock, herd

   Sheol sé roimhe an sealbhán torc. ― He drove the herd of boars before him.

2. flock, herd, group (of people)

Declension

Declension of sealbhán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative sealbhán sealbháin Vocative a shealbháin a shealbhána Genitive sealbháin sealbhán Dative sealbhán sealbháin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an sealbhán na sealbháin Genitive an tsealbháin na sealbhán Dative leis an sealbhán don sealbhán leis na sealbháin

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sealbhán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “selbán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language