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Definition 2024
fobhán
fobhán
Irish
Adjective
fobhán (genitive singular masculine fobháin, genitive singular feminine fobháine, plural fobhána, comparative fobháine)
Declension
Declension of fobhán
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fobhán | fobhán¹ | fobhána³ | |
| Vocative | fobháin¹ | fobhán¹ | fobhána | |
| Genitive | fobháin¹ | fobháine | fobhána | fobhán |
| Dative | fobhán² | fobhán¹; (archaic) fobháin¹ |
fobhána³ | |
| Comparative | fobháine | |||
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.
Synonyms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fobhán | fhobhán | bhfobhán |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "fobhán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.