From fód (“sod, strip of soil; layer of sods, layer of earth”) + bán (“white”).
fódbhán (genitive singular masculine fódbháin, genitive singular feminine fódbháine, plural fódbhána, comparative fódbháine)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fódbhán | fhódbhán | fódbhána; fhódbhána² | |
| Vocative | fhódbháin | fódbhána | ||
| Genitive | fódbháne | fódbhána | fódbhán | |
| Dative | fódbhán; fhódbhán¹ |
fhódbhán; fhódbháin (archaic) |
fódbhána; fhódbhána² | |
| Comparative | níos fódbháne | |||
| Superlative | is fódbháne | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fódbhán | fhódbhán | bhfódbhán |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||