tobán

See also: toban and tóban

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish toba[1] (borrowed from Middle English tubbe, tobbe) + -án.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠəˈbˠɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠɔbˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈt̪ˠɔbˠɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠʌbˠanˠ/, /ˈt̪ˠʌbˠan̪ˠ/[2]

Noun

tobán m (genitive singular tobáin, nominative plural tobáin)

  1. tub
  2. tubby person

Declension

Declension of tobán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative tobán tobáin
vocative a thobáin a thobána
genitive tobáin tobán
dative tobán tobáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tobán na tobáin
genitive an tobáin na dtobán
dative leis an tobán
don tobán 		leis na tobáin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of tobán
radical lenition eclipsis
tobán thobán dtobán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “toba”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 371, page 126

Further reading

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