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gobadán

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Irish

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Etymology

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From gob (beak, bill; pointy nose) +‎ -adán.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gobadán m (genitive singular gobadáin, nominative plural gobadáin)

  1. sandpiper
  2. Synonym of gobachán (sharp-featured person; beak-nosed person; sharp-tongued person; inquisitive, interfering, person; chatterer, gossip)
  3. nosey parker

Declension

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Declension of gobadán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative gobadán gobadáin
vocative a ghobadáin a ghobadána
genitive gobadáin gobadán
dative gobadán gobadáin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an gobadán na gobadáin
genitive an ghobadáin na ngobadán
dative leis an ngobadán
don ghobadán
leis na gobadáin

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of gobadán
radical lenition eclipsis
gobadán ghobadán ngobadán

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

Further reading

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