gabhann

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Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

gabhann m (genitive singular gabhainn, nominative plural gabhainn)

  1. (cattle-)pound
    Synonym: garraí gabhainn
  2. enclosure, pen
Declension
Declension of gabhann (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative gabhann gabhainn
vocative a ghabhainn a ghabhanna
genitive gabhainn gabhann
dative gabhann gabhainn
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an gabhann na gabhainn
genitive an ghabhainn na ngabhann
dative leis an ngabhann
don ghabhann
leis na gabhainn
Alternative forms

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gabhann m

  1. genitive singular/plural of gabha

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

gabhann

  1. present analytic of gabh

Mutation

Mutated forms of gabhann
radical lenition eclipsis
gabhann ghabhann ngabhann

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 129

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

gabhann m (genitive singular gabhainn, no plural)

  1. flattery, adulation, sycophancy
  2. gall
  3. prating, tattling, gossip
  4. gaol, prison
  5. Alternative form of gafann