scrábán

Irish

Etymology

From scráib (“scrape, scratch”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠkɾˠɑːˈbɑːn̪ˠ/, [sˠkɾˠɑːˈbɑ̃ːn̪ˠ]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠkɾˠɑːbɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠkɾˠaːbanˠ/

Noun

scrábán m (genitive singular scrábáin, nominative plural scrábáin)

1. poor, flimsy cloth

Declension

Declension of scrábán (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative scrábán scrábáin vocative a scrábáin a scrábána genitive scrábáin scrábán dative scrábán scrábáin forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an scrábán na scrábáin genitive an scrábáin na scrábán dative leis an scrábán don scrábán leis na scrábáin

Further reading

• “scrábán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “scrábán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 615
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scrábán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21