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Irish
Etymology
From gríobh + -án (compare Scottish Gaelic grìbhean).
Noun
gríobhán m (genitive singular gríobháin, nominative plural gríobháin)
- Alternative form of gríobh (“griffin”)
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| gríobhán
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ghríobhán
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ngríobhán
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gríobhán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gríobhán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “gríobhán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024