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)

(agriculture) fallow, uncultivated

Declension

Declension of fódbhán

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	fódbhán	fhódbhán	fódbhána; fhódbhána²
Vocative	fhódbháin	fhódbhán	fódbhána
Genitive	fhódbháin	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.

References

"fódbhán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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