gobán

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Irish

Etymology

From gob +‎ -án.

Noun

gobán m (genitive singular gobáin, nominative plural gobáin)

  1. diminutive of gob (“tip, bill”)
  2. gag, muzzle
    Cuireadh gobán in a bhéal. ― He was muzzled.
  3. dummy, pacifier

Declension

Declension of gobán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative gobán gobáin
vocative a ghobáin a ghobána
genitive gobáin gobán
dative gobán gobáin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an gobán na gobáin
genitive an ghobáin na ngobán
dative leis an ngobán
don ghobán 		leis na gobáin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gobán
radical lenition eclipsis
gobán ghobán ngobán

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

Further reading

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