gealbhan
Irish
gealbhan binne
Pronunciation
Noun
gealbhan m (genitive singular gealbhain, nominative plural gealbhain)
- sparrow (bird of the family Passeridae)
Declension
Declension of gealbhan
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- chomh héadrom le gealbhan (“light of foot, of heart”, literally “as light as a sparrow”)
- chomh héasca le gealbhan (“light of foot, of heart”, literally “as swift as a sparrow”)
- gealbhan binne
- gealbhan bruaigh
- gealbhan caoch
- gealbhan cátha
- gealbhan claí
- gealbhan coille
- gealbhan crainn
- gealbhan creige
- gealbhan giolcaí
- gealbhan glas
- gealbhan gleoránach
- gealbhan lín
- gealbhan rois
- gealbhan sciobóil
- gealbhan sléibhe
- gealbhan tí
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gealbhan | ghealbhan | ngealbhan |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gealbhan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gelbann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “gealbhan” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “gealbhan” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 54
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