gealbhan
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish gelbann. Compare Scottish Gaelic gealbhonn; Cornish and Breton golvan; Welsh golfan.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɟəˈl̪ˠuːn̪ˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɟalˠəwənˠ/, /ˈɟal̪ˠəwən̪ˠ/; (as if spelled gealbhán) /ˈɟalˠəwanˠ/, /ˈɟal̪ˠəwan̪ˠ/
Noun
gealbhan m (genitive singular gealbhain, nominative plural gealbhain)
- sparrow (bird of the family Passeridae)
Declension
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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
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| gealbhan | ghealbhan | ngealbhan |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gealbhan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gelbann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “gealbhan”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “gealbhan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 54
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
gealbhan m (genitive singular gealbhain, plural gealbhanan)
Further reading
- Seumas Grannd (2000), The Gaelic of Islay: A Comparative Study[1], Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen, →ISBN