fódbhán

Irish

Etymology

From fód (“sod, strip of soil; layer of sods, layer of earth”) +‎ bán (“white”).

Adjective

fódbhán (genitive singular masculine fódbháin, genitive singular feminine fódbháine, plural fódbhána, comparative fódbháine)

  1. (agriculture) fallow, uncultivated

Declension

Declension of fódbhán
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative fódbhán fhódbhán fódbhána;
fhódbhána2
vocative fhódbháin fódbhána
genitive fódbháne fódbhána fódbhán
dative fódbhán;
fhódbhán1 		fhódbhán;
fhódbháin (archaic) 		fódbhána;
fhódbhána2
Comparative níos fódbháne
Superlative is fódbháne

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of fódbhán
radical lenition eclipsis
fódbhán fhódbhán bhfódbhán

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

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