rabhán

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Irish

Etymology

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Noun

rabhán m (genitive singular rabháin, nominative plural rabháin)

  1. spasm, prolonged fit (of coughing)
  2. sudden outburst, fit
  3. (literary) doggerel verse, vulgar rhyme

Declension

Declension of rabhán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative rabhán rabháin
vocative a rabháin a rabhána
genitive rabháin rabhán
dative rabhán rabháin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an rabhán na rabháin
genitive an rabháin na rabhán
dative leis an rabhán
don rabhán
leis na rabháin

Noun

rabhán m (genitive singular rabháin)

  1. (botany) thrift, sea pink
    Synonyms: rabhán mara, caoróg mhara, nóinín cladaigh

Declension

Declension of rabhán (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative rabhán
vocative a rabháin
genitive rabháin
dative rabhán
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an rabhán
genitive an rabháin
dative leis an rabhán
don rabhán

Alternative forms