abhac bán

Irish

Noun

abhac bán m (genitive singular abhaic bháin, nominative plural abhaic bhána)

1. white dwarf (star)

Declension

Declension of abhac bán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative abhac bán abhaic bhána vocative a abhaic bháin a abhaca bána genitive abhaic bháin abhac bán dative abhac bán abhaic bhána forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-abhac bán na habhaic bhána genitive an abhaic bháin na n-abhac bán dative leis an abhac bán don abhac bán leis na habhaic bhána

Related terms

• abhac dearg (“red dwarf”)
• abhac donn (“brown dwarf”)
• abhac dubh (“black dwarf”)
• fo-abhac (“subdwarf”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of abhac bán

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
abhac bán	n-abhac bán	habhac bán	t-abhac bán

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

Further reading

• “abhac bán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025