fódbhán

Irish

Etymology

From fód (“sod, strip of soil; layer of sods, layer of earth”) +‎ bán (“white”).

Adjective

fódbhán (genitive singular masculine fódbháin, genitive singular feminine fódbháine, plural fódbhána, comparative fódbháine)

  1. (agriculture) fallow, uncultivated

Declension
Declension of fódbhán
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative fódbhán fhódbhán fódbhána;
fhódbhána²
Vocative fhódbháin fódbhána
Genitive fódbháne fódbhána fódbhán
Dative fódbhán;
fhódbhán¹		 fhódbhán;
fhódbháin (archaic)		 fódbhána;
fhódbhána²
Comparative níos fódbháne
Superlative is fódbháne

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

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

Further reading
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