preabán

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See also: preaban

Irish

Etymology

From preab +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈpʲɾʲabˠanˠ/, /ˈpʲɾʲabˠan̪ˠ/

Noun

preabán m (genitive singular preabáin, nominative plural preabáin)

  1. patch (piece of cloth used to repair a garment; small piece of anything used to repair a breach)
    Synonym: paiste
  2. (chiefly in the plural) rag (mean or tattered attire)
    Synonyms: giobal, cifleog
  3. a small piece of something

Declension

Declension of preabán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative preabán preabáin
vocative a phreabáin a phreabána
genitive preabáin preabán
dative preabán preabáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an preabán na preabáin
genitive an phreabáin na bpreabán
dative leis an bpreabán
don phreabán
leis na preabáin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of preabán
radical lenition eclipsis
preabán phreabán bpreabán

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 100

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