preabán

See also: preaban

Irish

Etymology

From preab +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɾʲabˠanˠ/, /ˈpʲɾʲabˠan̪ˠ/

Noun

preabán m (genitive singular preabáin, nominative plural preabáin)

1. patch (piece of cloth used to repair a garment; small piece of anything used to repair a breach)

   Synonym: paiste

2. (chiefly in the plural) rag (mean or tattered attire)

   Synonyms: giobal, cifleog

3. a small piece of something

Declension

Declension of preabán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative preabán preabáin vocative a phreabáin a phreabána genitive preabáin preabán dative preabán preabáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an preabán na preabáin genitive an phreabáin na bpreabán dative leis an bpreabán don phreabán leis na preabáin

Derived terms

• preabán sáile (“heeltap”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of preabán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
preabán	phreabán	bpreabán

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “prebán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “preabán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 551
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “preabán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN