gabhdán

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From gabh (“to take”) +‎ -adán

Noun

gabhdán m (genitive singular gabhdáin, nominative plural gabhdáin)

  1. holder, container, receptacle
    Synonym: coimeádán
  2. (chemistry) receiver (vessel for receiving and holding)

Declension

Declension of gabhdán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gabhdán gabhdáin
vocative a ghabhdáin a ghabhdána
genitive gabhdáin gabhdán
dative gabhdán gabhdáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an gabhdán na gabhdáin
genitive an ghabhdáin na ngabhdán
dative leis an ngabhdán
don ghabhdán 		leis na gabhdáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of gabhdán
radical lenition eclipsis
gabhdán ghabhdán ngabhdán

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

References

  1. ^ “gabhdán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

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