fódbhán

Irish

Etymology

From fód (“sod, strip of soil; layer of sods, layer of earth”) +‎ bán (“white”).

Adjective

fódbhán (genitive singular masculine fódbháin, genitive singular feminine fódbháine, plural fódbhána, comparative fódbháine)

1. (agriculture) fallow, uncultivated

Declension

Declension of fódbhán

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	fódbhán	fhódbhán	fódbhána; fhódbhána2
vocative	fhódbháin		fódbhána
genitive		fódbháne	fódbhána	fódbhán
dative	fódbhán; fhódbhán1	fhódbhán; fhódbháin (archaic)	fódbhána; fhódbhána2
Comparative	níos fódbháne
Superlative	is fódbháne

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 fódbhán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fódbhán	fhódbhán	bhfódbhán

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fódbhán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN