gealbhan

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gelbann. Compare Scottish Gaelic gealbhonn; Cornish and Breton golvan; Welsh golfan.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɟəˈl̪ˠuːn̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɟalˠəwənˠ/, /ˈɟal̪ˠəwən̪ˠ/; (as if spelled gealbhán) /ˈɟalˠəwanˠ/, /ˈɟal̪ˠəwan̪ˠ/

Noun

gealbhan m (genitive singular gealbhain, nominative plural gealbhain)

  1. sparrow (bird of the family Passeridae)

Declension

Declension of gealbhan (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gealbhan gealbhain
vocative a ghealbhain a ghealbhana
genitive gealbhain gealbhan
dative gealbhan gealbhain
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an gealbhan na gealbhain
genitive an ghealbhain na ngealbhan
dative leis an ngealbhan
don ghealbhan 		leis na gealbhain

Derived terms

  • chomh héadrom le gealbhan (“light of foot, of heart”, literally “as light as a sparrow”)
  • chomh héasca le gealbhan (“light of foot, of heart”, literally “as swift as a sparrow”)
  • gealbhan binne
  • gealbhan bruaigh
  • gealbhan caoch
  • gealbhan cátha
  • gealbhan claí
  • gealbhan coille
  • gealbhan crainn
  • gealbhan creige
  • gealbhan giolcaí
  • gealbhan glas
  • gealbhan gleoránach
  • gealbhan lín
  • gealbhan rois
  • gealbhan sciobóil
  • gealbhan sléibhe
  • gealbhan tí

Mutation

Mutated forms of gealbhan
radical lenition eclipsis
gealbhan ghealbhan ngealbhan

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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