fearbán

Irish

Alternative forms

  • fearbóg

Etymology

From fearb (“weal, welt”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲaɾˠəbˠanˠ/, /ˈfʲaɾˠəbˠan̪ˠ/

Noun

fearbán m (genitive singular fearbáin, nominative plural fearbáin)

  1. crowfoot, buttercup (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
  2. (specifically) creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens)

Declension

Declension of fearbán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fearbán fearbáin
vocative a fhearbáin a fhearbána
genitive fearbáin fearbán
dative fearbán fearbáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fearbán na fearbáin
genitive an fhearbáin na bhfearbán
dative leis an bhfearbán
don fhearbán 		leis na fearbáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of fearbán
radical lenition eclipsis
fearbán fhearbán bhfearbán

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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