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caisearbhán

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Irish

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Caisearbhán

Etymology

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From Middle Irish caisserbán, from cas (curly(-haired)) + serbán (oats).[1] By surface analysis, cas (curly) +‎ searbhán (bitter herb), from searbh (bitter).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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caisearbhán m (genitive singular caisearbháin, nominative plural caisearbháin)

  1. dandelion, Taraxacum genus

Declension

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Declension of caisearbhán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative caisearbhán caisearbháin
vocative a chaisearbháin a chaisearbhána
genitive caisearbháin caisearbhán
dative caisearbhán caisearbháin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an caisearbhán na caisearbháin
genitive an chaisearbháin na gcaisearbhán
dative leis an gcaisearbhán
don chaisearbhán
leis na caisearbháin

Synonyms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of caisearbhán
radical lenition eclipsis
caisearbhán chaisearbhán gcaisearbhán

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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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caiserbán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 49, page 48
  3. ^ caisearbhán”, in Irish Pronunciation Database, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  4. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 454, page 164
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 428, page 138

Further reading

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