scothbhán

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Irish

Etymology 1

From scoth- (“semi-, medium-; fairly, middling”) +‎ bán (“white”).

Adjective

scothbhán (genitive singular masculine scothbháin, genitive singular feminine scothbháine, plural scothbhána, comparative scothbháine)

  1. whitish
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From scoth- (“tufted”) +‎ bán (“white”).

Adjective

scothbhán (genitive singular masculine scothbháin, genitive singular feminine scothbháine, plural scothbhána, comparative scothbháine)

  1. white-tufted

Declension

Declension of scothbhán
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative scothbhán scothbhán scothbhána
vocative scothbháin scothbhána
genitive scothbháne scothbhána scothbhán
dative scothbhán scothbhán;
scothbháin (archaic) 		scothbhána
Comparative níos scothbháne
Superlative is scothbháne

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