sealbhán

Irish

Etymology

Old Irish selbán, a diminutive of selb (“flock, herd”). By surface analysis, seilbh +‎ -án.

Noun

sealbhán m (genitive singular sealbháin, nominative plural sealbháin)

  1. flock, herd
    Sheol sé roimhe an sealbhán torc. ― He drove the herd of boars before him.
  2. flock, herd, group (of people)

Declension

Declension of sealbhán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sealbhán sealbháin
vocative a shealbháin a shealbhána
genitive sealbháin sealbhán
dative sealbhán sealbháin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sealbhán na sealbháin
genitive an tsealbháin na sealbhán
dative leis an sealbhán
don sealbhán 		leis na sealbháin

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