tobán

See also: toban and tóban

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish toba (borrowed from Middle English tubbe, tobbe) + -án.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠəˈbˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɔbˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈt̪ˠɔbˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠʌbˠanˠ/, /ˈt̪ˠʌbˠan̪ˠ/

Noun

tobán m (genitive singular tobáin, nominative plural tobáin)

1. tub
2. tubby person

Declension

Declension of tobán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tobán tobáin vocative a thobáin a thobána genitive tobáin tobán dative tobán tobáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tobán na tobáin genitive an tobáin na dtobán dative leis an tobán don tobán leis na tobáin

Derived terms

• tobán cuilithe
• tobán folctha
• tobán níocháin
• tobán saillte
• tobán te

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of tobán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tobán	thobán	dtobán

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) “tobán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tobán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 738