fearbán
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fearbán
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From fearb (“weal, welt”) + -án.
Pronunciation
Noun
fearbán m (genitive singular fearbáin, nominative plural fearbáin)
- crowfoot, buttercup (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
- (specifically) creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens)
Declension
Declension of fearbán
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fearbán | fhearbán | bhfearbán |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ferbán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fearbán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 304
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fearbán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 54