gobadán

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɔbˠəˈd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/

Noun

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

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

• gobadán cosbhuí (“purple sandpiper”)
• gobadán glas (“green sandpiper”)
• gobadán na cuaiche (“bird that follows the cuckoo; pipit”)

Mutation

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gobadán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gobadán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gobadán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024