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fódbhán
fódbhán
Irish
Adjective
fódbhán (genitive singular masculine fódbháin, genitive singular feminine fódbháine, plural fódbhána, comparative fódbháine)
Declension
Declension of fódbhán
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fódbhán | fódbhán¹ | fódbhána³ | |
| Vocative | fódbháin¹ | fódbhán¹ | fódbhána | |
| Genitive | fódbháin¹ | fódbháine | fódbhána | fódbhán |
| Dative | fódbhán² | fódbhán¹; (archaic) fódbháin¹ |
fódbhána³ | |
| Comparative | fódbháine | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fódbhán | fhódbhán | bhfódbhán |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "fódbhán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.