fíbín

Irish

Alternative forms
  • faoibín, fuíbín[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

fíbín m (genitive singular fíbín)

  1. (as a verbal noun) gadding (of cattle: to run with the tail in the air, bent over the back)
  2. caprice (impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action)
  3. ease (comfort; freedom from effort)

Declension
Declension of fíbín

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative fíbín
Vocative a fhíbín
Genitive fíbín
Dative fíbín

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an fíbín
Genitive an fhíbín
Dative leis an bhfíbín

don fhíbín

Derived terms
  • fíbíneacht

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fíbín fhíbín bhfíbín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. “fíbín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 112

Further reading
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