fíbín

Irish

Alternative forms

  • faoibín, fuíbín[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

fíbín m (genitive singular fíbín)

  1. (as a verbal noun) gadding (of cattle: to run with the tail in the air, bent over the back)
  2. caprice (impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action)
  3. ease (comfort; freedom from effort)

Declension

Declension of fíbín (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative fíbín
vocative a fhíbín
genitive fíbín
dative fíbín
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an fíbín
genitive an fhíbín
dative leis an bhfíbín
don fhíbín

Derived terms

  • fíbíneacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of fíbín
radical lenition eclipsis
fíbín fhíbín bhfíbín

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “fíbín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 112

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “faoibín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 425; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fíbín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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