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Irish
Etymology
From a Celtic borrowing from Latin sāpō, sāpōnis (“soap”), of Germanic origin.
Compare Manx sheeabin, Scottish Gaelic siabann (“soap”). By surface analysis, síob (“blow (away)”) + -án.
Noun
síobán m (genitive singular síobáin, nominative plural síobáin)
- drift (pile of snow or sand)
- Synonyms: síobadh, (snow) ráth
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| síobán
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shíobán
after an, tsíobán
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not applicable
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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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