fobhán

Irish

Etymology

From fo- +‎ bán (“white”).

Adjective

fobhán (genitive singular masculine fobháin, genitive singular feminine fobháine, plural fobhána, comparative fobháine)

  1. whitish
    Synonym: scothbhán

Declension

Declension of fobhán
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative fobhán fhobhán fobhána;
fhobhána2
vocative fhobháin fobhána
genitive fobháne fobhána fobhán
dative fobhán;
fhobhán1 		fhobhán;
fhobháin (archaic) 		fobhána;
fhobhána2
Comparative níos fobháne
Superlative is fobháne

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 fobhán
radical lenition eclipsis
fobhán fhobhán bhfobhán

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

References

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