gríobhán

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Irish

Etymology

From gríobh +‎ -án (compare Scottish Gaelic grìbhean).

Noun

gríobhán m (genitive singular gríobháin, nominative plural gríobháin)

  1. Alternative form of gríobh (“griffin”)

Declension

Declension of gríobhán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative gríobhán gríobháin
vocative a ghríobháin a ghríobhána
genitive gríobháin gríobhán
dative gríobhán gríobháin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an gríobhán na gríobháin
genitive an ghríobháin na ngríobhán
dative leis an ngríobhán
don ghríobhán 		leis na gríobháin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gríobhán
radical lenition eclipsis
gríobhán ghríobhán ngríobhán

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

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