"fobhán" meaning in Irish

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Adjective

Forms: fobháin [genitive, masculine, singular], fobháine [feminine, genitive, singular], fobhána [plural], fobháine [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], fobhán [error-unrecognized-form], fhobhán [lenition], bhfobhán [eclipsis]
Etymology: From fo- + bán (“white”). Etymology templates: {{af|ga|fo-|bán|t2=white}} fo- + bán (“white”) Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective|genitive singular masculine|fobháin|genitive singular feminine|fobháine||{{{gsf2}}}|plural|fobhána||{{{pl2}}}|comparative|fobháine|||head=|var=}} fobhán (genitive singular masculine fobháin, genitive singular feminine fobháine, plural fobhána, comparative fobháine), {{ga-adj|comp=fobháine|gsf=fobháine|gsm=fobháin|pl=~a}} fobhán (genitive singular masculine fobháin, genitive singular feminine fobháine, plural fobhána, comparative fobháine) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}}
  1. whitish Synonyms: scothbhán
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      "name": "af"
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    {
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "fobháine",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      ]
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    },
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      "form": "bhfobhán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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    }
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        "16": "",
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        "var": ""
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          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        }
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        }
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        "singular"
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      "form": "fobhána",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fobháine",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "form": "fobhán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fhobhán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhfobhán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    }
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        "7": "",
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      ],
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        ]
      ],
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          "word": "scothbhán"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fobhán"
}

Download raw JSONL data for fobhán meaning in Irish (1.9kB)

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