fearbán
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From fearb (“weal, welt”) + -án.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fearbán m (genitive singular fearbáin, nominative plural fearbáin)
- crowfoot, buttercup (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
- (specifically) creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens)
Declension
[edit]Declension of fearbán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fearbán | fhearbán | bhfearbán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ferbán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fearbán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 304
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fearbán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 54